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Outfit without basis to work on a newspaper? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

subedit

'work on a newspaper?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'outfit without basis' is the wordplay.
'outfit' becomes 'suit' (suit is a type of outfit).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'basis' becomes 'bed' (bed can mean a basis or foundation).
'suit' placed around 'bed' is 'SUBEDIT'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for subedit that I've seen before include "daily duty?" , "Work on story" , "Change and correct (printed material)" , "Work for daily" , "Work on paper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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