Newspaper issue backed syncopated stuff (7)

I believe the answer is:

ragtime

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'syncopated stuff' is the definition.
'ragtime' can be an answer for 'syncopated' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'stuff' bit.

'newspaper issue backed' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'rag' (informal term for a newspaper).
'issue' becomes 'emit' (both can mean to give out or radiate).
'backed' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'emit' backwards is 'time'.
'rag'+'time'='RAGTIME'

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(Other definitions for ragtime that I've seen before include "Type of music" , "Syncopated piano music from the 1890s" , "Scott Joplin's genre" , "Scott Joplin music style" , "Scott Joplin genre" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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