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Newspaper employee receives a fine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

superb

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

'newspaper employee receives a' is the wordplay.
'newspaper employee' becomes 'sub' (sub is the subeditor of a newspaper).
'receives' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are received).
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'sub' enclosing 'per' is 'SUPERB'.

(Other definitions for superb that I've seen before include "First-rate" , "Wonderful, really great" , "Dazzling" , "Surpassingly good" , "Splendid, brilliant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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