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The answer, once again, is to do your job (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reply

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'the answer' is the definition.
('reply' can be a synonym of 'answer')

'once again is to do your job' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'again' could be 're' and 're' is present in the answer.
'do' could be 'ply' (plying is a kind of doing) and 'ply' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for reply that I've seen before include "Return" , "Retort" , "Comeback" , "Come back" , "acknowledgement" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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