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Dopey elder, sacked, given new job (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redeployed

'given new job' is the definition.
(deployed to another post)

'dopey elder sacked' is the wordplay.
'sacked' indicates an anagram.
'dopey'+'elder'='dopeyelder'
'dopeyelder' is an anagram of 'REDEPLOYED'.

(Other definitions for redeployed that I've seen before include "(Of troops) moved elsewhere" , "in new area?" , "Transferred (troops)" , "(Forces) moved elsewhere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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