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Expedient to be just in time for work? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

makeshift

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'expedient' is the definition.
(I know that makeshift is a type of expedient)

'just in time for work?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
'work?' could be 'make' (working is a kind of making) and 'make' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for makeshift that I've seen before include "not meant to last" , "crude arrangement" , "this'll do for now" , "(Acting as) temporary substitute" , "Cobbled together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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