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Chef's business satisfactory (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cook

'chef's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'business satisfactory' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'co'.
'satisfactory' becomes 'ok' ('ok' can be similar in meaning to 'satisfactory').
'co'+'ok'='COOK'

(Other definitions for cook that I've seen before include "Captain of HMS Endeavour" , "Kitchen worker" , "New England Test captain" , "Brown?" , "Famous sailor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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