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Working playwright, reportedly -- not in the main?

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onshore

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'reportedly not in the main?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'working playwright' is the wordplay.
'working' becomes 'on'.
'playwright' becomes 'shore' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on'+'shore'='ONSHORE'

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(Other definitions for onshore that I've seen before include "coming in from water" , "towards the coast" , "Occurring on land" , "beach?" , "(Of wind) blowing from sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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