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Starts to emend details in the Sun (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edits

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'starts to emend details in the sun' is the definition.
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'starts to emend details in the sun' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
'sun' becomes 'S' (abbreviation).
The first letters of 'emend details in the' is 'edit'.
'edit'+'s'='EDITS'

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(Other definitions for edits that I've seen before include "Corrects" , "Puts together" , "Checks" , "Prepares for publication" , "Alters (text)" .)

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