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Caretaker in Bury on WhatsApp? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interim

'caretaker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bury on whatsapp?' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'whatsapp?' becomes 'im' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'inter'+'im'='INTERIM'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "Temporary - provisional" , "Stopgap" , ", I'm put in grave situation initially" , "not there for ever" , "Meantime - provisional" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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