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As far as possible push reporters into their own houses? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

press home

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'as far as possible push' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'reporters into their own houses?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'reporters' could be 'press' (newspaper reporters) and 'press' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'home' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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