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His work's a grind (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miller

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'his work's a' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'grind' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'grind' could be 'mill' (milling is a kind of grinding) and 'mill' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for miller that I've seen before include "Grain grinder" , "He makes flour" , "Cereal worker" , "Grinder of flour" , "Producer of flour" .)

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