Condescend to keep out of the job-centre (5)
I believe the answer is:
stoop
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)