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Tired-looking writer of nonsense in Times I had reportedly contracted (6-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bleary-eyed

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'tired-looking' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in times i had reportedly contracted' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'times' becomes 'by' (I've seen this in other clues).
'i' becomes 'eye' (I've seen this in other clues).
'had' becomes 'd' (I've seen this in other clues).
'reportedly contracted' becomes 'lear' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by'+'eye'+'d'='byeyed'
'byeyed' placed around 'lear' is 'BLEARY-EYED'.

'writer of nonsense' is the link.
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(Other definitions for bleary-eyed that I've seen before include "Looking very tired" , "Looking half-awake" , "Obviously tired" , "Unperceptive" , "With poor vision, having just woken up?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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