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Save money by getting a local job (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bartender

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'job' is the definition.
(I know that bartender is a profession)

'save money by' is the wordplay.
'save' becomes 'bar' (both can mean 'except').
'money' becomes 'tender' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'bar'+'tender'='BARTENDER'

'getting a local' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for bartender that I've seen before include "local employee" , "American serving drinks" , "source of 9 [ROUND] ?" , "Landlord perhaps" , "He serves" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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