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Vignette, proper text occasionally read (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interpret

'read' is the definition.
(I know that read can be written as interpret)

'vignette proper text occasionally' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'vignette'+'proper'+'text'='vignettepropertext'
The alternating letters of 'vignettepropertext' are 'INTERPRET'.

(Other definitions for interpret that I've seen before include "Read" , "Translate into another language" , "Explain the meaning of - another language?" , "Assign one's own meaning to" , "Translate, make sense of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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