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Worked with energy: appropriate for the type of job (5-6)

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white-collar

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'the type of job' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'worked with energy appropriate' is the wordplay.
'worked' is an anagram indicator.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mco).
'appropriate' becomes 'collar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' anagrammed gives 'whit'.
'whit'+'e'+'collar'='WHITE-COLLAR'

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(Other definitions for white-collar that I've seen before include "Relating to non-manual workers" , "Designating those other than manual workers" , "Pertaining to salaried professional" .)

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