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Bleat about journalist being tardy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belated

'being tardy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bleat about journalist' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'bleat' is an anagram of 'belat'.
'belat'+'ed'='BELATED'

(Other definitions for belated that I've seen before include "Bleated, being overdue" , "Coming too late" , "Behind time" , "After the proper time" , "After due time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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