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Help, or not, to sort out sacked worker's home (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

north pole

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'sacked worker's home' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'help or not to sort' is the wordplay.
'to sort' indicates an anagram.
'help'+'or'+'not'='helpornot'
'helpornot' is an anagram of 'NORTH POLE'.

'out' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for north pole that I've seen before include "where westward travel is impossible" , "One end of earth's axis" , "Where Santa is" , "a really cold environment" , "elves' workplace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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