Operator recreated pinhole during trial (11)

I believe the answer is:

telephonist

'operator' is the definition.
(I know that telephonist is a type of operator)

'recreated pinhole during trial' is the wordplay.
'recreated' is an anagram indicator.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'trial' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'pinhole' with letters rearranged gives 'lephoni'.
'lephoni' put into 'test' is 'TELEPHONIST'.

(Another definition for telephonist that I've seen is " Switchboard operator".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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