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His job is to dig out fresh papers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sapper

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'his job is to dig out' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'fresh papers' is the wordplay.
'fresh' is an anagram indicator.
'papers' with letters rearranged gives 'SAPPER'.

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(Other definitions for sapper that I've seen before include "Military miner" , "Writer" , "Private soldier in the Royal Engineers" , "Soldier who digs trenches" , "Private in the British Royal Engineers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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