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Working, leaving? Continuing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ongoing

'continuing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'working leaving?' is the wordplay.
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'leaving?' becomes 'going' (synonyms).
'on'+'going'='ONGOING'

(Other definitions for ongoing that I've seen before include "Current" , "Currently in progress" , "Continuing to exist or progress" , "Currently happening" , "Actually in progress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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