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Jobseeker right behind tech company, receiving its trademark letter? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

applier

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'trademark letter?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'jobseeker right behind tech company receiving its' is the wordplay.
'right' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter on the right of the word).
'behind' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tech company' becomes 'apple'.
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'its' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The final letter of 'jobseeker' is 'r'.
'apple' enclosing 'i' is 'applie'.
'r' after 'applie' is 'APPLIER'.

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(Other definitions for applier that I've seen before include "One making use of" , "One who puts (a substance) on surface" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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