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Impudence - employment gets merely verbal support (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lip service

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'merely verbal support' is the definition.
'lip service' can be an answer for 'support' (I have seen 'Insincere support' mean 'lip service' so perhaps 'support' could also mean 'lip service'). I am unsure of the 'merely verbal' bit.

'impudence employment' is the wordplay.
'impudence' becomes 'lip' (lip is a kind of impudence).
'employment' becomes 'service' (service is a kind of employment).
'lip'+'service'='LIP-SERVICE'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lip service that I've seen before include "Unreliable support" , "Insincere support" , "Insincere offer to assist" , "It may be paid" , "Insincere praise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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