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Celebrity with journalist having gawped (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stared

'gawped' is the definition.
(gawp means to stare at something)

'celebrity with journalist' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'star'+'ed'='STARED'

'having' is the link.

(Other definitions for stared that I've seen before include "Look fixedly at" , "Gazed at in steady or prolonged way" , "Looked with a fixed gaze" , "Looked at long and fixedly" , "Looked long and hard at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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