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Dodges work so as to figure in celestial spheres? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

skives

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'dodges work so' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't see how they can define each other.

'to figure in celestial spheres?' is the wordplay.
'to figure' becomes 'v' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'celestial spheres?' becomes 'skies' (sky is a kind of celestial sphere).
'v' put inside 'skies' is 'SKIVES'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for skives that I've seen before include "Shirks work" , "Evades work" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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