Person authorised to cut material deemed offensive (6)

I believe the answer is:

censor

(Other definitions for censor that I've seen before include "Blue-pencilling official" , "Expurgate" , "Ban (part of book, etc)" , "Official banner of books, films etc" , "Perhaps banner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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