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Released for good behaviour from working assistant taking responsibility (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on parole

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'released' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good behaviour from working assistant taking responsibility' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'assistant' could be 'pa' (personal assistant) and 'pa' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for on parole that I've seen is " Subject to conditions, released".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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