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Post Office is working to shut up malicious writer (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

poison pen

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'post office is working to shut up malicious writer' is the definition.
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'post office is working to shut up' is the wordplay.
'post office' becomes 'po' (abbreviation).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'to shut up' becomes 'pen' (pen can mean to shut in or enclose).
'po'+'is'+'on'+'pen'='POISON-PEN'

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(Other definitions for poison pen that I've seen before include "unpleasant sort of letter" , "Writer of malicious anonymous letters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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