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Attach too much importance to reporters who pigged out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overate

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'pigged out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'attach too much importance to reporters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'too much' could be 'over' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'over' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ate' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for overate that I've seen before include "Binged, glutted" , "Gormandised" , "consumed too much" , "got stuffed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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