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Retiring politician allowed to get job (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

billet

'job' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'retiring politician allowed' is the wordplay.
'retiring' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'politician' becomes 'lib' (**).
'allowed' becomes 'let' (I've seen this before).
'lib' in reverse letter order is 'bil'.
'bil'+'let'='BILLET'

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for billet that I've seen before include "Military lodging - little note" , "Lodging for military personnel" , "Housing for military personnel" , "Place for a soldier to stay" , "private housing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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