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Emblem for one fan finally getting autograph from India sides (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insignia

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'emblem' is the definition.
(I know that insignia is a type of badge)

'getting autograph from india sides' is the wordplay.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'autograph' becomes 'sign' (I've seen this before).
'from' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'india sides' becomes 'ia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sign' after 'in' is 'insign'.
'insign'+'ia'='INSIGNIA'

'for one fan finally' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for insignia that I've seen before include "Badge or emblems of office" , "Badges of office" , "military mark" , "marks" , "Stars and stripes, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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