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Scandinavian almost admits criminal must refuse job (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dustman

'refuse job' is the definition.
(someone who clears away refuse)

'scandinavian almost admits criminal must' is the wordplay.
'scandinavian' becomes 'dane' (person from Denmark).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'admits' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'dane' with its last letter taken away is 'dan'.
'must' is an anagram of 'ustm'.
'dan' enclosing 'ustm' is 'DUSTMAN'.

(Other definitions for dustman that I've seen before include "I clear what's left" , "Refuse collector" , "Refuse worker" , "Garbage collector" , "My old man's occupation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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