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Chef outlining base for rewriting journal

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I believe the answer is:

casebook

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'chef outlining base' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'rewriting journal' is the wordplay.
'rewriting' becomes 'case' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'journal' becomes 'book' (book is a kind of journal).
'case'+'book'='CASEBOOK'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for casebook that I've seen before include "Record of legal or medical instances" , "doctor fictitiously created for consultant" , "Doctor's written record" , "Medical records" , "Where detailed written records are kept by, say, doctors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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