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Social worker making normal arrangement about the first of the emoluments (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

almoner

'social worker' is the definition.
(almoner is a kind of social worker)

'normal arrangement about the first of the emoluments' is the wordplay.
'arrangement' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the first of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'emoluments' is 'e'.
'normal' anagrammed gives 'almonr'.
'almonr' going around 'e' is 'ALMONER'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for almoner that I've seen before include "Former social worker" , "One dispensing charity" , "Hospital social worker" , "Charity worker" , "Official giving out aid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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