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Attractive periodical on the web for single clubs (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magnetic

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'attractive' is the definition.
('magnetic' can be a synonym of 'attractive')

'periodical on the web for single clubs' is the wordplay.
'periodical' becomes 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the web' becomes 'net'.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'single clubs' becomes 'ic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mag'+'net'+'ic'='MAGNETIC'

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(Other definitions for magnetic that I've seen before include "Attracting iron or steel" , "Able to attract metal, or charismatic" , "Drawing" , "What's attractive" , "Very attractive or alluring" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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