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Letters relevant to the situation? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

post

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'letters' is the definition.
(letters in the mail or post)

'relevant to the situation?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'pos' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for post that I've seen before include "Send via the mail" , "Mail; wooden stake" , "Leave message online" , "ob" , "employment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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