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Job may be on the line (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

station

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'job' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'be on the line' is the wordplay.
'be' becomes 'sati' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'line' is an insertion indicator.
'sati'+'on'='sation'
'sation' going around 't' is 'STATION'.

'may' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for station that I've seen before include "Military base; rail stop" , "Regular stopping place on transport system" , "Small military base" , "HQ - stopping place - post" , "TV or radio channel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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