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Reference works from which man copied wrongly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compendia

'reference works' is the definition.

'man copied wrongly' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' is an anagram indicator.
'man'+'copied'='mancopied'
'mancopied' with letters rearranged gives 'COMPENDIA'.

'from which' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for compendia that I've seen before include "Dome panic (anag) - summaries or collections" , "Lots of puzzles" , "set of encyclopaedias" , "summaries of work" , "books" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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