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Notice sticker up in office electioneer vacated, supporting Clinton (4,6)

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bill poster

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'notice sticker up' is the definition.
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'office electioneer vacated supporting clinton' is the wordplay.
'office' becomes 'post' (both can mean a position or job).
'vacated' suggests removing the centre (internal letters vacate the word).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'clinton' becomes 'Bill' (US president Bill Clinton).
'electioneer' with its middle taken out is 'er'.
'post'+'er'='poster'
'poster' put after 'bill' is 'BILL-POSTER'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bill poster that I've seen before include "one who mails accounts" , "He sticks up for his employer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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