Draconian press worker joins media chief (10)

I believe the answer is:

ironhanded

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'draconian' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'press worker joins media chief' is the wordplay.
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'worker' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of worker).
'joins' says to put letters next to each other.
'media chief' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'iron'+'hand'+'ed'='IRONHANDED'

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