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Don’t report everything subject to discrimination (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tell apart

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'subject to discrimination' is the definition.
(to tell things apart is to discriminate them)

'don't report everything' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'report' could be 'tell' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'tell' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'apart' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tell apart that I've seen before include "Rattle pal about - distinguish one from the other" , "See difference between" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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