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Employee in post about to be recalled (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staffer

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'employee' is the definition.
(staffer is a kind of employee)

'post about to be recalled' is the wordplay.
'post' becomes 'staff' (I've seen this before).
'about to' becomes 're' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'be recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse (to recall can mean to bring something back).
're' backwards is 'er'.
'staff'+'er'='STAFFER'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for staffer that I've seen before include "Permanent employee" , "someone at work" , "newspaper employee?" .)

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