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Sorts English font finally, to prepare for printing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

typeset

'prepare for printing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'sorts english font finally' is the wordplay.
'sorts' becomes 'types' (type is a kind of sort).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'font' is 't'.
'types'+'e'+'t'='TYPESET'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for typeset that I've seen before include "Arrange (text) for printing" , "Like" , "compositor" , "Prepare (text) for printing" , "(Of fonts) ready to print" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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