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Possibly forces tiepin into a book illustration

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frontispiece

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'a book illustration' is the definition.
'frontispiece' can be an answer for 'illustration' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'a book' bit.

'possibly forces tiepin' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'forces'+'tiepin'='forcestiepin'
'forcestiepin' anagrammed gives 'FRONTISPIECE'.

'into' is the link.

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(Other definitions for frontispiece that I've seen before include "Illustration facing a book's title page" , "Picture at beginning of book" , "Plate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Independent.
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