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A press review is not dense (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparse

'not dense' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a press review' is the wordplay.
'review' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'press'='apress'
'apress' anagrammed gives 'SPARSE'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for sparse that I've seen before include "Thinly scattered, not dense" , "Thinly distributed" , "Far from lavish" , "Rare" , "Meagre, thin on the ground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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