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Newly target officials restricting old copper (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

refocus

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'newly target officials restricting old copper' is the definition.
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'officials restricting old copper' is the wordplay.
'officials' becomes 'refs' (ref is a kind of official).
'restricting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'copper' becomes 'cu' (chemical symbol).
'o'+'cu'='ocu'
'refs' enclosing 'ocu' is 'REFOCUS'.

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(Other definitions for refocus that I've seen before include "Adjust lens again" , "Concentrate again" , "As photographer may have to" , "aim again" , "Shift one's attention" .)

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