Newspaper employee corrected rude obits (9)
I believe the answer is:
subeditor
'newspaper employee' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'corrected rude obits' is the wordplay.
'corrected' indicates an anagram.
'rude'+'obits'='rudeobits'
'rudeobits' with letters rearranged gives 'SUBEDITOR'.
(Other definitions for subeditor that I've seen before include "Newspaperman" , "journalist" , "Employee on paper" , "Reviser" , "Newspaper checker" .)