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Term expressing quality of article found in English mine (7)

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epithet

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'term' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Descriptive term ' mean 'epithet' so perhaps 'term' could also mean 'epithet')

'article found in english mine' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'mine' becomes 'pit' (as in a mining pit).
'e'+'pit'='epit'
'the' going within 'epit' is 'EPITHET'.

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(Other definitions for epithet that I've seen before include "qualifier" , "Descriptive term used to express a real quality" , "Appellation" , "The 23: an -- for Richard I" , "Adjective expressing some quality of a person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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