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Turned around to tell a story (7)

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I believe the answer is:

account

'a story' is the definition.
('account' can be a synonym of 'story')

'turned around to tell' is the wordplay.
'turned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'around' becomes 'ca' (circa).
'to tell' becomes 'count' (I've seen this before).
'ca' back-to-front is 'ac'.
'ac'+'count'='ACCOUNT'

(Other definitions for account that I've seen before include "Financial record; narrative" , "judge" , "Statement of transactions and costs" , "Financial statement" , "books" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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