Regular contributor to publication (9)

I believe the answer is:

columnist

(Other definitions for columnist that I've seen before include "writer" , "Contributor to newspaper" , "Journalist making regular contributions" , "Waters or O'Toole, say" , "leader?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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