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Reputation turning into a tricky issue (9)

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I believe the answer is:

emanation

'issue' is the definition.
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'reputation turning into a tricky' is the wordplay.
'reputation' becomes 'name' (name is a kind of reputation**).
'turning' says the letters should be written backwards.
'tricky' indicates an anagram.
'name' back-to-front is 'eman'.
'into'+'a'='intoa'
'intoa' anagrammed gives 'ation'.
'eman'+'ation'='EMANATION'

(Other definitions for emanation that I've seen before include "Something flowing out from a source" , "Something issuing from a source" , "Pouring out" , "Something produced from a source" , "Issue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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