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Gain energy facing job -- is one puffed up? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

profiterole

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'one puffed up?' is the definition.
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'gain energy facing job' is the wordplay.
'gain' becomes 'profit' ('profit' can be a synonym of 'gain'**).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mcr).
'facing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'job' becomes 'role' (I've seen this in other clues).
'profit'+'e'+'role'='PROFITEROLE'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for profiterole that I've seen before include "something to eat" , "Cream-filled pastry ball" , "Sweet thing" , "Small case of choux pastry with cream filling" , "Something sweet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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