Cryptic crossword clue
Job-sharing journalist butchered 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word JOINTED

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The straight part
We know that "butchered" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case butchered = jointed.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does JOINTED mean?

JOINTED adjective
  1. Having joints.
  2. (of an entertainment venue) Extremely full of people, packed, chockablock.
JOINTED verb
  1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
  2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
  3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
  4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
  5. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

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