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Pottery worker, one looking to keep third in kiln (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glazer

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

'one looking to keep third in kiln' is the wordplay.
'one looking' becomes 'gazer'.
'to keep' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'third in kiln' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gazer' placed around 'l' is 'GLAZER'.

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(Other definitions for glazer that I've seen before include "Pottery worker" , "Glassworker" , "potty worker?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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