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Maybe last month's speaker gets a job (9)

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I believe the answer is:

decorator

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'a job' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'maybe last month's speaker' is the wordplay.
'maybe last month' becomes 'dec' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'speaker' becomes 'orator' (orator is a kind of speaker).
'dec'+'orator'='DECORATOR'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for decorator that I've seen before include "Handyman" , "Artisan" , "House painter" , "chap giving medals?" , "Painter perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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