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An electrician's work is almost a disaster (1,4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a near thing

'almost a disaster' is the definition.
(a near thing is something that almost went wrong)

'an electrician's work' is the wordplay.
'electrician's work' becomes 'earthing' (electrical process).
'an'+'earthing'='A NEAR THING'

'is' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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