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Traffic light acrostic for newspaper (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rag

'newspaper' is the definition.
(rag is a kind of newspaper)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for rag that I've seen before include "Old music" , "students' excuse to misbehave?" , "Cloth for wiping" , "Piece of old cloth" , "you lose in temper?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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