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What's discussed in work penned by jerk (5)

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topic

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'what's discussed' is the definition.
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'work penned by jerk' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'penned by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'jerk' becomes 'tic' (jerking movement by the body).
'op' placed inside 'tic' is 'TOPIC'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for topic that I've seen before include "Something to discuss" , "Content of argument" , "Subject (of a talk, etc)" , "Subject (of speech, etc)" , "Subject (of, eg, speech)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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