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Court official with gratuities for office workers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tipstaff

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

'gratuities for office workers' is the wordplay.
'gratuities' becomes 'tip' (a gratuity is a tip paid to a worker).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'office workers' becomes 'staff' (I've seen this before).
'tip'+'staff'='TIPSTAFF'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for tipstaff that I've seen before include "Pat's tiff with the judge" , "Bailiff" , "One authorised" , "Judge's personal assistant in court" , "Court official" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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