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Country work that's also part recreation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastoral

'country work' is the definition.

'also part recreation' is the wordplay.
'recreation' indicates anagramming the letters.
'also'+'part'='alsopart'
'alsopart' is an anagram of 'PASTORAL'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for pastoral that I've seen before include "Portraying romanticised country life" , "19's 6th 16" , "of a priest" , "(Poem) of country life" , "Well-known symphony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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