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Regular time to relax from the day job? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

even

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'regular' is the definition.
(I know that regular can be written as even)

'time to relax from the day job?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ven' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "Smooth, level" , "of consistent quality" , "Yet; level" , "Flattened" , "Placid - not easily angered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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