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Looked for celebrity journalist (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stared

'looked' is the definition.
(staring is a kind of looking)

'celebrity journalist' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (I've seen this before).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'star'+'ed'='STARED'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stared that I've seen before include "Treads (anag)" , "Regarded fixedly" , "Looked at long and fixedly" , "Gaped" , "Looked fixedly (at something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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