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Teachers after a job - they allow no slacking (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taskmasters

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'they allow no slacking' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'teachers after a job' is the wordplay.
'teachers' becomes 'masters' (old word for teachers).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a job' becomes 'task' (synonyms).
'masters' put after 'task' is 'TASKMASTERS'.

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(Another definition for taskmasters that I've seen is " Hard bosses".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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