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European girl sent up rubbish for newspaper boss (6)

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I believe the answer is:

editor

'newspaper boss' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'european girl sent up rubbish' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'girl' becomes 'di' (**).
'sent up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (I've seen this before).
'rot' in reverse letter order is 'tor'.
'e'+'di'+'tor'='EDITOR'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Media person" , "Press boss" , "Wapping boss" , "Newspaper executive" , "Redactor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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