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Starts off job, as dole is outside chance to fade away (9)

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I believe the answer is:

obsolesce

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'fade away' is the definition.
'obsolesce' can be an answer for 'fade' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'away' bit.

'starts off job as dole is outside chance' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'so' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'so' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for obsolesce that I've seen before include "become dated" , "Become out of date" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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