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Side with hotshot pilot taking on British newspaper (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facet

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'side' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hotshot pilot taking on british newspaper' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hotshot' could be 'ace' (synonyms) and 'ace' is located in the answer.
'newspaper' could be 'ft' (Financial Times newspaper) and 'ft' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for facet that I've seen before include "view" , "Look" , "Small flat surface of cut gemstone" , "Aspect - smooth cut surface" , "Small surface (of diamond)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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