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Condescend to keep out of the job-centre (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stoop

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'condescend' is the definition.
(I know that condescend can be written as stoop)

'keep out of the job-centre' is the wordplay.
'keep' becomes 'stow' (I've seen this before).
'out of' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'out' mean this).
'the job-centre' becomes 'op' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stow' with its final letter taken away is 'sto'.
'sto'+'op'='STOOP'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for stoop that I've seen before include "Bend the body forwards" , "Lower one's standards" , "dive" , "Lean forward" , "Bend the top half of the body" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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