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British taking English newspaper on occasion in the US (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

betimes

'on occasion in the us' is the definition.
(word meaning 'sometimes' in American English)

'british taking english newspaper' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'newspaper' becomes 'times' (The Times is an example).
'b'+'e'+'times'='BETIMES'

(Other definitions for betimes that I've seen before include "Soon or early (Old English)" , "speedily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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