Chop wildly (4)

I believe the answer is:

hack

(Other definitions for hack that I've seen before include "Wildly kick; dull writer" , "mediocre writer" , "Chop roughly - mediocre journalist" , "Cut crudely - journalist" , "Cut roughly - routine writer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Mirror.

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