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Filled in top of form to get employed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infused

'filled' is the definition.
(infusing is a kind of filling)

'in top of form to get employed' is the wordplay.
'top of' says to take the initial letters.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'employed' becomes 'used' ('use' can be a synonym of 'employ').
The first letter of 'form' is 'f'.
'in'+'f'+'used'='INFUSED'

(Other definitions for infused that I've seen before include "as 27 [HERBAL TEA] did" , "Did steep" , "Inculcated" , "as the tea maker did" , "poured in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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