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Employs Aussies so regularly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uses

'employs' is the definition.
('use' can be a synonym of 'employ')

'aussies so regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'aussies'+'so'='aussiesso'
The alternate letters of 'aussiesso' are 'USES'.

(Other definitions for uses that I've seen before include "Employs" , "'Purposes, functions (4)'" , "deployments" , "Customs" , "Sues (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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