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Working at the bank is informative (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

telling

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'informative' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'working at the bank' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for telling that I've seen before include "Powerful; relating" , "Providing information" , "relation" , "influential" , "Counting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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