Top clue put out eight times (7)

I believe the answer is:

octuple

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'top clue put out eight times' is the definition.
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'top clue put out' is the wordplay.
'put out' indicates an anagram.
'top'+'clue'='topclue'
'topclue' is an anagram of 'OCTUPLE'.

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(Other definitions for octuple that I've seen before include "more than seven times" , "multiply by eight" , "Couplet (anag)" , "8 times" , "Eightfold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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