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Report led to the North getting share (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

narration

'report' is the definition.
(I know that narration is a type of report)

'led to the north getting share' is the wordplay.
'led' becomes 'ran' (to lead is to run or be in charge of).
'to the north' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'share' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a share of a limited resource).
'ran' in reverse letter order is 'nar'.
'nar'+'ration'='NARRATION'

(Other definitions for narration that I've seen before include "Voice-over in film" , "Spoken account" , "telling" , "Process of storytelling" , "Story" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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