Swear, getting awful job on Yorkshire river (6)
I believe the answer is:
objure
'swear' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'awful job on yorkshire river' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yorkshire river' becomes 'ure' (River Ure).
'job' with letters rearranged gives 'obj'.
'obj'+'ure'='OBJURE'
'getting' acts as a link.
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