| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Appointed (another firm) to take on agreed work | The Times Concise | 19 Mar 2025 |
| Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle | Wall Street Journal | 04 Mar 2024 |
| Player on bench that's got diminished is farmed out elsewhere | The Telegraph Cryptic | 01 Nov 2019 |