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It's obvious having journalist registered (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patented

'registered' is the definition.
(patenting is a kind of registering)

'it's obvious having journalist' is the wordplay.
'it's obvious' becomes 'patent' (similar in meaning).
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'patent'+'ed'='PATENTED'

(Another definition for patented that I've seen is " Like an invention".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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