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Lack of employment gives one endless recreation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idleness

'lack of employment' is the definition.

'one endless recreation' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'recreation' indicates an anagram.
'endless' is an anagram of 'dleness'.
'i'+'dleness'='IDLENESS'

'gives' is the link.

(Other definitions for idleness that I've seen before include "Disinclination to work" , "I'm having nothing to do" , "Send lies (anag.)" , "pansy growers find love in?" , "State of inactivity" .)

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