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Good editor receives a lot written by professional author? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ghosted

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'written by professional author?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'good editor receives a lot' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'receives' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are received).
'a lot' becomes 'host' (I've seen this before).
'g'+'ed'='ged'
'ged' placed around 'host' is 'GHOSTED'.

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(Other definitions for ghosted that I've seen before include "haunted" , "The gods (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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