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Subordinate in journalists' association brought up bigotry regularly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

junior

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'subordinate' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'journalists' association brought up bigotry regularly' is the wordplay.
'journalists' association' becomes 'nuj' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'brought up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'bigotry' are 'ior'.
'nuj' back-to-front is 'jun'.
'jun'+'ior'='JUNIOR'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for junior that I've seen before include "Lower in rank, son" , "Younger - subordinate" , "Lesser in age or job" , "Inferior in rank, son" , "Younger or lower in rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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