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Small volume's middle covering international literature (10)

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I believe the answer is:

centilitre

'small volume's' is the definition.
(small unit of volume)

'middle covering international literature' is the wordplay.
'middle' becomes 'centre' (synonyms).
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'literature' becomes 'lit' (abbreviation).
'i'+'lit'='ilit'
'centre' enclosing 'ilit' is 'CENTILITRE'.

(Another definition for centilitre that I've seen is " Hundredth of a litre".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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