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He has a job to start the game! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beater

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'he' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'a job to start the game' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'beer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beater that I've seen before include "Mixing implement; one employed on shoot" , "following 28 [SILVER]" , "One who makes birds fly for a shoot" , "Game raiser at a shoot" , "Game employee" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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