Journos get shot of Republican parties in affair (2,11)

I believe the answer is:

co-respondents

'parties in affair' is the definition.
(people having an affair as cited in a divorce suit)

'journos get shot of republican' is the wordplay.
'journos' becomes 'correspondents'.
'get shot of' is a deletion indicator.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'correspondents' with 'r' removed is 'CO-RESPONDENTS'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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