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Oblique
signal
in
setter’s
work
(9)
Oblique signal in setter’s work (9)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at setter's work — that's your definition, what a crossword setter produces. Then it's a charade: oblique gives you CROSS, and signal gives you WORD (as in "send word"), with in just linking the two halves together.