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No company check on conscript (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

choco

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'conscript' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'no company check on' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'check' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'o'+'co'='oco'
'oco' put after 'ch' is 'CHOCO'.

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(Another definition for choco that I've seen is " Pear-shaped vegetable like a cucumber".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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