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Menial salary at the start tavern resolved (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

servant

'menial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'salary at the start tavern resolved' is the wordplay.
'at the start' says to take the initial letters.
'resolved' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'salary' is 's'.
'tavern' anagrammed gives 'ervant'.
's'+'ervant'='SERVANT'

(Other definitions for servant that I've seen before include "House employee" , "Perhaps chauffeur" , "Man" , "(Esp. domestic) employee" , "Helper or attendant (sometimes humble or obedient?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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