Freshly rake wormpit to start some employment (4-4,4)

I believe the answer is:

part-time work

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'some employment' is the definition.
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'freshly rake wormpit to start' is the wordplay.
'freshly' is an anagram indicator.
'start' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'starts' mean this).
'rake'+'wormpit'+'to'='rakewormpitto'
'rakewormpitto' with its last letter taken away is 'rakewormpitt'.
'rakewormpitt' with letters rearranged gives 'PART-TIME WORK'.

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