Respected veteran, unusual person working on paper? (9)

I believe the answer is:

venerated

'respected' is the definition.
(venerating is a kind of respecting)

'veteran unusual person working on paper?' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates an anagram.
'person working on paper?' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'veteran' with letters rearranged gives 'venerat'.
'venerat'+'ed'='VENERATED'

(Another definition for venerated that I've seen is " Revered, hallowed".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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