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Unsmiling Australian working in churchyard (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gravedigger

'working in churchyard' is the definition.
(someone who might work in a churchyard)

'unsmiling australian' is the wordplay.
'unsmiling' becomes 'grave' (both can mean serious or solemn).
'australian' becomes 'digger' (term for an Australian soldier in World War I).
'grave'+'digger'='GRAVEDIGGER'

(Other definitions for gravedigger that I've seen before include "working in churchyard?" , "part in Hamlet" , "Cemetery worker" , "Sexton" , "One unearthing a plot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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