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Greasing the wheels after seat finally is occupied by Labour? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toiling

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'greasing the wheels after seat finally' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'occupied by labour?' is the wordplay.
'occupied' becomes 'ing' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'labour?' becomes 'toil' ('toil' can be a synonym of 'labour').
'ing' put after 'toil' is 'TOILING'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for toiling that I've seen is " Working long and hard".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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