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Accessing plant, media controlled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repressed

'controlled' is the definition.

'accessing plant media' is the wordplay.
'accessing' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters gain access).
'plant' becomes 'reed' (reed is a kind of plant).
'media' becomes 'press' (the press is part of the media).
'reed' enclosing 'press' is 'REPRESSED'.

(Other definitions for repressed that I've seen before include "withdrawn" , "Kept under control; put down" , "Kept bottled up" , "Checked" , "deleted recordings sometimes were" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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