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Beaten journalist weighed down by personal baggage (9)

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I believe the answer is:

clobbered

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'beaten' is the definition.
('clobber' can be a synonym of 'beat')

'journalist weighed down by personal baggage' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'clobber' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for clobbered that I've seen before include "Walloped" , "Hit hard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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