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What about keeping old magazine as tribute? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

homage

'tribute?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'what about keeping old magazine' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 'eh' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'keeping' is an insertion indicator.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'magazine' becomes 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine).
'eh' written backwards gives 'he'.
'o'+'mag'='omag'
'he' enclosing 'omag' is 'HOMAGE'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for homage that I've seen before include "Respectful deference" , "Public show of respect" , "Tribute, reverence" , "Reverent regard" , "Public honour and respect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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