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Cut short daredevil act in front of journalist (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stunted

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'cut short' is the definition.
'stunted' can be an answer for 'short' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'cut' bit.

'daredevil act in front of journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'act' could be 'stunt' (stunt is a kind of act) and 'stunt' is found within the answer.
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stunted that I've seen before include "Dwarfed, limited" , "Undersized" , "Retarded in growth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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