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What news boss will do about Conservative decree (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edict

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'decree' is the definition.
(I know that decree can be written as edict)

'what news boss will do about conservative' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'boss' could be 'ed' (short for editor - newspaper boss) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'it' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for edict that I've seen before include "Decree, fiat" , "Legally binding command" , "Official order" , "Declaration" , "Regulation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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