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Work for policemen including time in station (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caste

'station' is the definition.
(as in social station)

'work for policemen including time' is the wordplay.
'work for policemen' becomes 'case' (as in detectives working on a case).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'time' becomes 't'.
'case' going around 't' is 'CASTE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for caste that I've seen before include "Level in society" , "Hereditary class (in India)" , "Social class in India" , "Religious or social class" , "Persons with class" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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