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Work hard to reveal corruption (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graft

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'work hard' is the first definition.
(graft can mean to work very hard)

'corruption' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'to reveal' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for graft that I've seen before include "Surgical transplant" , "Hard work - corrupt profit" , "Hard work - swindle" , "Means of propagation - hard work?" , "Transplant - hard work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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