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Abridged great book, for example (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epitome

'example' is the definition.
(epitome is a kind of example)

'abridged great book' is the wordplay.
'abridged' means to remove the last letter.
'great' becomes 'epic'.
'book' becomes 'tome' (tome is a kind of book).
'epic' with its final letter removed is 'epi'.
'epi'+'tome'='EPITOME'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for epitome that I've seen before include "Typical example, prototype" , "Summary of a written work" , "Archetype, typical example" , "Model" , "Ideal example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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