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Drink nothing having turned up for work (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opus

'work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drink nothing having turned up' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (I've seen this before**).
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'having turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'sup'+'o'='supo'
'supo' written backwards gives 'OPUS'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for opus that I've seen before include "Soup (anag.)" , "Major work" , "A Latin work" , "Musical composition in the soup" , "(Numbered) musical composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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