The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EDITORS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result EDITORS
- Who’s beginning to shun wordiest mess?
- Our bosses reviewed corruption within faction
- Hacks at top of perm leaving misreported mess
- Employees on paper tired, so sacked
- Who's beginning to shun wordiest mess?
- Avtaar sorted out clothes for film technicians
- Newsmen represent Dorset institution
- Journalists in Dorset I fancy
- Recipients of letters I sorted wrongly
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The straight part
We know that "Our bosses" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case our bosses = editors.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does EDITORS mean?
EDITORS noun- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A copy editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.