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With the organ study over, got paid employment (6)

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I believe the answer is:

earned

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'got paid employment' is the definition.
'earned' can be an answer for 'got' (earning is a kind of getting). I am not certain of the 'paid employment' bit.

'with the organ study over' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the organ' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of organ).
'study' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'den' backwards is 'ned'.
'ear'+'ned' is 'EARNED'.

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(Other definitions for earned that I've seen before include "Gained through work or effort" , "Merited; made" , "Neared (anag.)" , "Received money for work" , "Gained by labour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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