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The entrance to a day job (9)

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I believe the answer is:

admission

'the entrance' is the definition.
(admission is a kind of entrance)

'a day job' is the wordplay.
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'job' becomes 'mission' (a mission is a job or task).
'a'+'d'+'mission'='ADMISSION'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for admission that I've seen before include "charge for entrance" , "Letting in - letting out" , "for which one may be charged" , "Entrance fee" , "Permission to enter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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