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Excited men turning up to be given employment (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roused

'excited' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'men turning up to be given employment' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to be given employment' becomes 'used' (I've seen this before).
'or' in reverse letter order is 'ro'.
'ro'+'used'='ROUSED'

(Other definitions for roused that I've seen before include "Soured (anag.)" , "Provoked" , "Awakened" , "Stimulated" , "Woke or excited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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