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Bury rival with diminutive person answering questions (11)

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interviewee

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'person answering questions' is the definition.
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'bury rival with diminutive' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'rival' becomes 'vie' (vie can mean to rival or struggle).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'diminutive' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this in another clue).
'inter'+'vie'+'wee'='INTERVIEWEE'

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(Another definition for interviewee that I've seen is " fellow after a job?".)

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