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Well-established journalist perching on low chair (4-6)

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I believe the answer is:

deep-seated

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'well-established' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'on low chair' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'low' becomes 'deep' (similar in meaning).
'chair' becomes 'seated' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'deep'+'seated' is 'DEEP-SEATED'.

'journalist perching' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for deep-seated that I've seen before include "Firmly-established" , "Firmly fixed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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