Copy passage from journo? It ideally gets sent back (7)
I believe the answer is:
edition
'copy' is the definition.
(I have seen 'copy of work' mean 'edition' so perhaps 'copy' could also mean 'edition')
'passage from journo? it ideally gets sent back' is the wordplay.
'passage from' indicates a hidden word (a sequence or passage of letters from the clue).
'gets sent back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'noitide' is hidden in the letters of 'journo it ideally'.
'noitide' backwards is 'EDITION'.
(Other definitions for edition that I've seen before include "Something impressed" , "Particular version of a published text" , "Issue of a publication" , "Copies of book printed from one set of type" , "Issue of a book" .)