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Bury Republican in safe job in Strasbourg? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interpreter

'job in strasbourg?' is the definition.
(reference to the multi-lingual European Parliament)

'bury republican in safe' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' ('inter' can be a synonym of 'bury').
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'safe' becomes 'peter' (I've seen this before).
'r' inserted within 'peter' is 'preter'.
'inter'+'preter'='INTERPRETER'

(Other definitions for interpreter that I've seen before include "One translating orally" , "Oral translator" , "Programme" , "Translator of spoken languages" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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