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Sue for employment (3)

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use

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'sue for employment' is the definition.
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'sue for employment' is the wordplay.
'sue' anagrams to 'USE'.
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(Other definitions for use that I've seen before include "Exploit unfairly" , "Profit" , "Habitually employ" , "Employ (something)" , "Exploit; custom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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