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Shape on the page not entirely irregular (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heptagon

'shape' is the definition.
(heptagon is a kind of polygon)

'on the page not entirely irregular' is the wordplay.
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter (not all of the word).
'irregular' indicates an anagram.
'on'+'the'+'page'='onthepage'
'onthepage' with its last letter taken off is 'onthepag'.
'onthepag' is an anagram of 'HEPTAGON'.

(Other definitions for heptagon that I've seen before include "A geometric figure with seven sides" , "Seven-sided shape" , "Seven-sided object" , "Seven-sided figure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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