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Attraction of magazine with new version of Times (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magnetism

'attraction' is the definition.
(I know that magnetism is a type of attraction)

'magazine with new version of times' is the wordplay.
'magazine' becomes 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'version of' is an anagram indicator (another version of the same letters).
'times' with letters rearranged gives 'etism'.
'n' going inside 'etism' is 'netism'.
'mag'+'netism'='MAGNETISM'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for magnetism that I've seen before include "Charisma" , "Attractive force" , "Drawing power" , "Attraction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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