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Fixed jailbird's meeting with good man, social worker (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

constant

'fixed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'jailbird's meeting with good man social worker' is the wordplay.
'jailbird' becomes 'con' (I've seen this in other clues).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'good man' becomes 'st'.
'social worker' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'con'+'st'+'ant'='CONSTANT'

(Other definitions for constant that I've seen before include "Never-ending" , "Steady and unceasing" , "exactly as before" , "sustained" , "Endless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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