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Stuck with former boss at the Telegraph? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

pasted

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'stuck' is the definition.

'former boss at the telegraph?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'former' could be 'past' (similar in meaning) and 'past' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Another definition for pasted that I've seen is " Thrashed - glued".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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