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News agency with revolutionary first-class writing, is ticked off by voter creating quite a buzz presumably (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apiary

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'ticked off by voter creating quite a buzz presumably' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'news agency with revolutionary first-class writing' is the wordplay.
'news agency' becomes 'ap'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator.
'first class' becomes 'ai' (Ar - top quality).
'writing' becomes 'ry' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ai' back-to-front is 'ia'.
'ap'+'ia'+'ry'='APIARY'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for apiary that I've seen before include "Place where bees are kept in hives" , "Where honey is made?" , "Place to keep bees" , "Place where bees are kept for profit" , "Colony giving off a buzz?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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