Put off writer covering current period of operation (6)

'period of operation' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'put off writer covering current' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'put' is 'upt' which is within the answer.
'writer' could be 'me' (the person who wrote the clues) and 'me' is found in the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?