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Journalist is on drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reporter

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

'on drink' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'drink' becomes 'porter' (porter is a kind of drink).
're'+'porter'='REPORTER'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for reporter that I've seen before include "Hack" , "News gatherer" , "News journalist" , "One writes or tells the news" , "One may write a column" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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