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Famous? Not the paper’s decision-maker (5)

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noted

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'famous?' is the definition.
(noted can mean well-known or famous)

'not the paper's decision-maker' is the wordplay.
'the paper's decision-maker' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'not'+'ed'='NOTED'

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(Other definitions for noted that I've seen before include "Made a record - celebrated" , "Celebrated, eminent" , "Observed - famous" , "Like music" , "prominent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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