How an old journalist reportedly looks (5)
I believe the answer is:
pepys
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)