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Led journalist to the back of Poe's house (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ushered

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'led' is the definition.
(ushering is a kind of leading)

'journalist to the back of poe's house' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
'house' could be 'h' and 'h' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'user' 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 ushered that I've seen before include "Escorted" , "Led" , "Showed to a seat" , "Showed people to seats as in cinemas or theatre" , "Conducted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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