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Journalist is concerned about liquor (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reporter

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'journalist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'concerned about liquor' is the wordplay.
'concerned about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'liquor' becomes 'porter' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
're'+'porter'='REPORTER'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for reporter that I've seen before include "One who writes the news for the media" , "One may get a story" , "News writer" , "hacker?" , "Newspaper worker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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