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Zodiac sign contains 50 building blocks: they're to be read symbolically (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allegories

'they're to be read symbolically' is the definition.

'zodiac sign contains 50 building blocks' is the wordplay.
'zodiac sign' becomes 'aries' (I've seen this before).
'contains' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'50' becomes 'L' (roman numeral).
'building blocks' becomes 'lego' (I've seen this before).
'l'+'lego'='llego'
'aries' placed around 'llego' is 'ALLEGORIES'.

(Another definition for allegories that I've seen is " Symbolic narratives".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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