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He gives out bread to feed workers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paymaster

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'he gives out bread' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'feed workers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'feed' could be 'mast' (mast is a kind of feed) and 'mast' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'payer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for paymaster that I've seen before include "funding source" , "Government official" , "Salary official" , "Official handing out money to troops or workers" , "One controlling through money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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