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Post held inside newspaper cunningly, to hide rips (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

editorship

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'post' is the definition.
(editorship is a kind of post)

'cunningly to hide rips' is the wordplay.
'cunningly' indicates an anagram (a cunning or tricky form of the letters).
'to'+'hide'+'rips'='tohiderips'
'tohiderips' is an anagram of 'EDITORSHIP'.

'held inside newspaper' is the link.
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(Other definitions for editorship that I've seen before include "show status on paper" , "Top newspaper position" , "journal's head office" , "Newspaper head's role" , "Senior role" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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