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Stung by shrewd journalist (7)

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I believe the answer is:

smarted

'stung' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'by shrewd journalist' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'shrewd' becomes 'smart' ('smart' can be similar in meaning to 'shrewd').
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'smart' put next to 'ed' is 'SMARTED'.

(Another definition for smarted that I've seen is " Stung".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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