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Mum's working for a member of a secret society (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mason

'a member of a secret society' is the definition.
(member of the Freemasons)

'mum's working' is the wordplay.
'mum's' becomes 'ma's' ('ma' can be a synonym of 'mum').
'working' becomes 'on'.
'mas'+'on'='MASON'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mason that I've seen before include "US comedian" , "Secret society member" , "Construction industry employee" , "Actor James" , "secretive lodger!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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