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American article in the next edition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

texan

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'american' is the definition.
(Texan is an example)

'article in the next edition' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'article' could be 'an' (indefinite article) and 'an' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ex' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for texan that I've seen before include "Native of Dallas, say" , "One from south-west USA" , "Native of Houston, perhaps" , "like LBJ" , "Eg, native of Dallas" .)

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