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An editor out of control should be restricted (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rationed

'restricted' is the definition.
(rationing is a kind of restricting)

'an editor out of control' is the wordplay.
'out of control' is an anagram indicator.
'an'+'editor'='aneditor'
'aneditor' anagrammed gives 'RATIONED'.

'should be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rationed that I've seen before include "Apportioned out" , "Allowed fixed quantity only as in times of scarcity" , "Doled out in Rodentia" , "Restricted a scarce commodity" , "Limited (a supply)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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