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Unimaginative writer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hack

(Other definitions for hack that I've seen before include "Crude cutting" , "Chop; uninspired writer" , "Wildly kick; dull writer" , "Cut roughly; journalist" , "Ride" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.
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