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Contemplate getting friend to admit journalist with it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meditate

'contemplate' is the definition.
(I know that contemplate can be written as meditate)

'friend to admit journalist with it' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend).
'to admit' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ed'+'it'='edit'
'mate' enclosing 'edit' is 'MEDITATE'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for meditate that I've seen before include "Think deeply and quietly" , "Spend time in thought" , "Muse" , "Think to relax one's mind" , "Think contemplatively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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