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He may take up your case at the end of the day (5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

night porter

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'he may take up your' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'case at the end of the day' is the wordplay.
'case' becomes 'porter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the end of the day' becomes 'night' (night follows day).
'porter' after 'night' is 'NIGHT-PORTER'.

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(Another definition for night porter that I've seen is " Building attendant for the hours of darkness".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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