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Daughter first gets a book reserved (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distant

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'reserved' is the definition.
('distant' can be similar in meaning to 'reserved')

'daughter first gets a book' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'dis' (I've seen this in other clues).
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'gets a book' becomes 'tant' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dis'+'tant'='DISTANT'

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(Other definitions for distant that I've seen before include "Absent - coming from a far-away place" , "cool" , "overseas?" , "Aloof" , "Remote in time or place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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