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Obscure East European importing magazines (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eclipse

'obscure' is the definition.
(eclipsing is a kind of obscuring)

'east european importing magazines' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east').
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'importing' indicates putting letters inside.
'magazines' becomes 'clips' ('clip' can be a synonym of 'magazine').
'e'+'e'='ee'
'ee' going around 'clips' is 'ECLIPSE'.

(Other definitions for eclipse that I've seen before include "concealment" , "The obscuring of one celestial body by another" , "dark?" , "Outshine, throw into obscurity" , "Obscure light from (other celestial body)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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