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Made for the top, as editor (6)

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I believe the answer is:

headed

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'made for' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'the top as editor' is the wordplay.
'top' means to remove the first letter.
'as' becomes 'ad' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'editor' becomes 'ed'.
'the' with its initial letter taken off is 'he'.
'he'+'ad'+'ed'='HEADED'

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(Other definitions for headed that I've seen before include "Led" , "Titled; topped" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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