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Dine with reporters, getting journalist restrained (10)

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I believe the answer is:

suppressed

'restrained' is the definition.
(suppressing is a kind of restraining)

'dine with reporters getting journalist' is the wordplay.
'dine' becomes 'sup' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'reporters' becomes 'press' (newspaper reporters).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'sup'+'press'+'ed'='SUPPRESSED'

(Other definitions for suppressed that I've seen before include "Cancelled" , "Inhibited" , "held in check" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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