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How an old journalist reportedly looks (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pepys

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'how an old journalist' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'reportedly looks' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'looks' becomes 'peeps' (peep is a kind of look).
'peeps' sounds like 'PEPYS'.

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(Other definitions for pepys that I've seen before include "Renowned diarist" , "English civil servant and diarist, d. 1703" , "Samuel -, noted diarist" , "Samuel -, seventeenth century diarist" , "Samuel -, English diarist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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