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Flipping crude journalist produces flask (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dewar

'flask' is the definition.
(Dewar is an example)

'flipping crude journalist' is the wordplay.
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'crude' becomes 'raw' ('raw' can be a synonym of 'crude').
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'raw'+'ed'='rawed'
'rawed' reversed gives 'DEWAR'.

'produces' is the link.

(Another definition for dewar that I've seen is " Low-temperature flask".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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