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Irregular - not even a good earner (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oddjob

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'even a good earner' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'irregular not' is the wordplay.
'irregular' becomes 'odd'.
'not' becomes 'job' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'odd'+'job'='ODDJOB'

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(Other definitions for oddjob that I've seen before include "casual work" , "Villainous character" , "henchman in film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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