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Mechanic concerned with pilot circling end of airstrip (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repairman

'mechanic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'concerned with pilot circling end of airstrip' is the wordplay.
'concerned with' becomes 're'.
'pilot' becomes 'airman' (I've seen this before**).
'circling' is an insertion indicator (circling can mean going around or containing).
'end of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'airstrip' is 'p'.
're'+'airman'='reairman'
'reairman' enclosing 'p' is 'REPAIRMAN'.

(Other definitions for repairman that I've seen before include "Technician" , "One who makes machines or appliances work again" , "Mechanic" , "An engineer" , "Mr Fix-it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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