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Answer for the clue "Reporter's routine ", 7 letters:
legwork

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Word definitions for legwork in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I also owed Maggie the courtesy of letting her know I didn't need her to do my legwork any longer. ▪ Meanwhile, consumers will have to do all the legwork that switching banks entails. ▪ The danger is that while you put off the ...

Usage examples of legwork.

Special Branch coppers working under himthey do the surveillance, arrests, all the legwork, that sort of thing.

I kept Brent with Penny and Michaelis looked after Gillian, leaving two to do the legwork.

I told him I recalled the damage to Mrs Kramer's door, and the damage to her head, and that I figured a crowbar was involved, and I told him that as it happened we had a rash of break-ins at military 193 installations all up and down the Eastern seaboard that also seemed to involve crowbars, and I asked him if we could piggy-back on the legwork he was undoubtedly already doing in terms of tracing the Green Valley weapon.

If they’d come upon something remotely resembling a lead, it had fizzled after the first miles of legwork.

A few discreet questions, a little legwork, and you hone in on one.

Where Hazeltine relies on a loyal bootlegger cum gang leader (who owes the attorney his freedom) for counsel and legwork on difficult cases, Mason relies on a loyal private detective.