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Concerning papers editor controlled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repressed

'controlled' is the definition.

'concerning papers editor' is the wordplay.
'concerning' becomes 're' (both can mean on a particular topic).
'papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
're'+'press'+'ed'='REPRESSED'

(Other definitions for repressed that I've seen before include "Inhibited" , "withdrawn" , "Kept under control; put down" , "Kept bottled up" , "Checked" .)

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