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Daily journalist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diarist

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This clue could be a double definition.

'daily' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'journalist' is the second definition.
(I know that journalist can be written as diarist)

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(Other definitions for diarist that I've seen before include "One as Evelyn, Kilvert" , "chronicler" , "Daily recorder" , "Writer" , "Pepys or Frank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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