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Resume engineers' novel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

renew

'resume' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'engineers' novel' is the wordplay.
'engineers'' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'novel' becomes 'new' (synonyms).
're'+'new'='RENEW'

(Other definitions for renew that I've seen before include "Revive" , "Transform born-again" , "Renovate" , "Restore to original state" , "Repeat for next year" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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