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Show a busy worker into the office (5)

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I believe the answer is:

panto

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'show' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'worker into the office' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the office' becomes 'po' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ant' going into 'po' is 'PANTO'.

'a busy' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for panto that I've seen before include "Christmas show" , "festive entertainment" , "theatrical work" , "Cinderella or Puss in Boots, say?" , "Slapstick theatre for children (abbr)" .)

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