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Met me leaving and enquire about a job (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

task

'a job' is the definition.
(I know that job can be written as task)

'met me leaving and enquire' is the wordplay.
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'enquire' becomes 'ask' (to enquire is to ask or question).
'met' with 'me' removed is 't'.
't'+'ask'='TASK'

'about' is the link.

(Other definitions for task that I've seen before include "Set piece of work" , "Give mission" , "Burden with work" , "something to do" , "Allocate work" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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