Cryptic crossword clue
Doing office work includes cover for editor and moderating 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TEMPERING

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "moderating" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case moderating = tempering.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TEMPERING mean?

TEMPERING verb
  1. To moderate or control.
  2. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
  3. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
  4. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
  5. To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
  6. (Latinism) To govern; to manage.
  7. To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
  8. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.
  9. To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.
TEMPERING noun
  1. The act by which something is tempered.

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