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Essay about a woman in the workplace (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tannery

'the workplace' is the definition.
(tannery is a kind of workplace)

'essay about a woman' is the wordplay.
'essay' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'a woman' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before).
'try' going around 'anne' is 'TANNERY'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tannery that I've seen before include "place for skin treatment" , "Leather factory" , "Leather works" , "leather shop" , "Building involved in making leather" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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