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Sombre Aussie soldier, one working in churchyard (11)

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I believe the answer is:

gravedigger

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'one working in churchyard' is the definition.
(someone who might work in a churchyard)

'sombre aussie' is the wordplay.
'sombre' becomes 'grave' (I've seen this before).
'aussie' becomes 'digger' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'grave'+'digger'='GRAVEDIGGER'

'soldier' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gravedigger that I've seen before include "Sexton" , "working in churchyard?" , "One unearthing a plot" , "part in Hamlet" , "Cemetery worker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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