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Reporter’s to employ these in graveyard traditionally (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yews

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'these in graveyard traditionally' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'reporter's to employ' is the wordplay.
'reporter's' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (report can mean to speak something aloud).
'to employ' becomes 'use' (synonyms).
'use' is a homophone of 'YEWS'.

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(Other definitions for yews that I've seen before include "woods" , "traditional churchyard residents" , "Evergreen trees" .)

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