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Nuisance, a line editor introduced that holds up column (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pedestal

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'column' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'nuisance a line editor introduced' is the wordplay.
'nuisance' becomes 'pest' (I've seen this before).
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'introduced' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pest'+'a'+'l'='pestal'
'pestal' placed around 'ed' is 'PEDESTAL'.

'that holds up' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for pedestal that I've seen before include "Stand for statue or basin" , "Base (for statue, etc)" , "Architectural support or base" , "Place for hero" , "Column support, on which one is worshipped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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