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Virago books extends title range (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

termagant

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'virago' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'books extends title range' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'books' could be 'nt' (New Testament) and 'nt' is found in the answer.
'title' could be 'aga' (I have seen 'Turkish title ' mean 'aga' so perhaps 'title' could also mean 'aga') and 'aga' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'term' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for termagant that I've seen before include "Witch" , "dragon" , "Shrew, scold" , "Nag" , "Nagging woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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