Dealing awkwardly with what may be the paper's opinion piece (7,7)

I believe the answer is:

thought process

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'dealing awkwardly with what may be the paper's' is the definition.
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'opinion piece' is the wordplay.
'opinion' becomes 'thought' (synonyms).
'piece' becomes 'process' (process is a kind of piece).
'thought'+'process'='THOUGHT PROCESS'

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(Another definition for thought process that I've seen is " source for idea".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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