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To me, a piece of writing has value (5)

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I believe the answer is:

merit

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'value' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'to me a piece of writing' is the wordplay.
'a piece of writing' becomes 'rit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'me'+'rit'='MERIT'

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for merit that I've seen before include "Earn" , "of a high order?" , "Value" , "Have a right" , "credit" .)

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