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Still recalled interview with odd characters getting rejected (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

even

'still' is the definition.
(I know that still can be written as even)

'recalled interview with odd characters getting rejected' is the wordplay.
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with odd characters getting rejected' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternate letters of 'interview' are 'neve'.
'neve' back-to-front is 'EVEN'.

(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "(Of a number) divisible by 2" , "without a rise?" , "Level as odds may be" , "Yet; level" , "Still - quits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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