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You dictated right extension for original document (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

urtext

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'original document' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'you dictated right extension' is the wordplay.
'dictated' shows a homophone (sound like) (how it might sound if someone dictated it).
'right' becomes 'rt' (abbreviation as in Rt Hon- the Right Honourable).
'extension' becomes 'ext' (abbreviation, as in a telephone extension).
'you' is a homophone of 'u'.
'u'+'rt'+'ext'='URTEXT'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for urtext that I've seen is " The earliest version of a piece of writing".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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