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Team joins queue for second job (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sideline

'second job' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'team joins queue' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'joins' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queue' becomes 'line' (a line of people).
'side'+'line'='SIDELINE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sideline that I've seen before include "subsidiary source of income" , "Prevent from participating" , "Subsidiary activity" , "second job" , "Boundary marker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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