Perhaps the journos penned this! (7)

I believe the answer is:

article

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'perhaps the' is the definition.
('the' is the definite article in English)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "thing required" , "Perhaps an" , "A rewritten piece" , "For instance, a" , "Feature - item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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