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Angling to be outside Centrelink when closing (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finishing

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'closing' is the definition.
(I know that finishing is a type of closing)

'angling to be outside centrelink' is the wordplay.
'angling' becomes 'fishing' ('fish' can be a synonym of 'angle').
'to be outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'centrelink' becomes 'in' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fishing' enclosing 'in' is 'FINISHING'.

'when' is the link.

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(Another definition for finishing that I've seen is " Ending".)

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