Cryptic crossword clue
Newspapers covering second of February, last month, or the one before 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PREDECESSOR

I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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The straight part
We know that "the one before" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the one before = predecessor.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PREDECESSOR mean?

PREDECESSOR noun
  1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  3. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

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