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A bloke edited new issue, getting secretarial help (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amanuensis

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'secretarial help' is the definition.
'amanuensis' can be an answer for 'help' (amanuensis is a kind of help). I am not sure about the 'secretarial' bit.

'a bloke edited new issue' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'man' (informal term for a man).
'edited' indicates an anagram.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'n'+'issue'='nissue'
'nissue' is an anagram of 'uensis'.
'a'+'man'+'uensis'='AMANUENSIS'

'getting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amanuensis that I've seen before include "secretarial post" , "who may work with dictator?" , "dictator's collaborator, perhaps" , "One assisting writer" , "Literary assistant - scribe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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