Crossword Genius

Meeting once Covid-free: end virtually working (5,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

video conference

'meeting' is the definition.
(meeting conducted with video calling software)

'once covid-free end virtually working' is the wordplay.
'virtually' means to remove the last letter (virtually all of the word).
'working' is an anagram indicator.
'once'+'covid'+'free'+'end'='oncecovidfreeend'
'oncecovidfreeend' with its last letter taken off is 'oncecovidfreeen'.
'oncecovidfreeen' anagrammed gives 'VIDEO CONFERENCE'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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