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Chief rows highlighted in the press (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headlines

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'highlighted in the press' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'chief rows' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'head' (synonyms).
'rows' becomes 'lines' (I've seen this in another clue).
'head'+'lines'='HEADLINES'

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(Other definitions for headlines that I've seen before include "Starts of newspaper articles" , "is star performer" , "Newspaper features" , "Captions of newspaper articles" , "linked with furrowed brows?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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