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Attack from journal mostly rejected (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raid

'attack' is the definition.
(raid is a kind of attack)

'journal mostly rejected' is the wordplay.
'journal' becomes 'diary' (diary is a kind of journal).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'diary' with its last letter removed is 'diar'.
'diar' back-to-front is 'RAID'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for raid that I've seen before include "Maraud" , "Foray, sudden attack" , "Enter a territory and take spoils" , "Rapid surprise attack" , "military operation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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