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One after another mentioned trainee (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intern

'trainee' is the definition.
(intern can mean a trainee worker)

'one after another mentioned' is the wordplay.
'one after another' becomes 'inturn' (in turn means one by one).
'mentioned' shows a homophone (sound like).
'inturn' is a homophone of 'INTERN'.

(Other definitions for intern that I've seen before include "Confine - physician in US hospital" , "Hold in custody" , "Imprison (enemy aliens)" , "22 [IMPRISON]" , "Confine - assistant medic in America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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