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Follows us back into the superstructure (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pursues

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'follows' is the definition.
(pursuing is a kind of following)

'us back into the superstructure' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'the superstructure' becomes 'pures' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'us' back-to-front is 'su'.
'su' going within 'pures' is 'PURSUES'.

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(Another definition for pursues that I've seen is " Chases".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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