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Work group given some reward by the company head (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crew

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'work group' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'some reward by the company head' is the wordplay.
'some reward' becomes 'rew' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'company' is 'c'.
'rew' after 'c' is 'CREW'.

'given' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crew that I've seen before include "Sailor complement of ship" , "A kind of short cut" , "Boat race team" , "Personnel (on ship perhaps?)" , "made triumphalist noises" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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