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Social network left off confirmed pencil booking? (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inked in

'confirmed pencil booking?' is the definition.
(inking in a pencilled in booking would confirm it)

'social network left off' is the wordplay.
'social network' becomes 'linkedin' (LinkedIn is an employment-based social network).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'off' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'linkedin' with 'l' taken away is 'INKED IN'.

(Another definition for inked in that I've seen is " made permanent selection?".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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