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Second senior editor stuck on the board? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soldered

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'stuck on the board?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'second senior editor' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'senior' becomes 'older' (senior can mean the older of two people).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
's'+'older'+'ed'='SOLDERED'

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(Other definitions for soldered that I've seen before include "stuck together" , "Joined metals using soft alloy" , "Joined metals by melting alloys" , "Joined with metal alloy" .)

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