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Section from paper cut by employee working on Weekend

Ross

I believe the answer is:

part-time

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'employee working on weekend' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'section from paper cut' is the wordplay.
'section' becomes 'part' ('part' can be a synonym of 'section').
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'paper cut' becomes 'time' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'part'+'time'='PART-TIME'

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for part-time that I've seen before include "This job does not require all of the working week" , "Not working a full week" , "Not working full hours" , "For less than the standard number of hours" , "For not the whole working week" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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