Becomes parody, as last of employees is demoted (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
ends up
'becomes' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'parody as last of employees is demoted' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'last' could be 'end' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'end' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sup' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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