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Writer raised hesitation over old railway worker (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reporter

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'writer' is the definition.
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'raised hesitation over old railway worker' is the wordplay.
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'over old railway worker' becomes 'porter' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'er' reversed gives 're'.
're'+'porter'='REPORTER'

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(Other definitions for reporter that I've seen before include "One writing in newspaper" , "Newshound" , "News journalist" , "Newspaper worker" , "Newspaper correspondent, journalist" .)

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