The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TEMP
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More clues leading to the result TEMP
- Part of system protecting casual worker
- Work for a while that doctor may take, briefly
- Office worker of note, one sitting in house
- Satisfied about party leader’s stand-in
- Tense English politician — one won’t be in office long
- Office worker‘s mood changed by losing ruler
- Following note, politician finds relief
- Almost entice part-time worker
- This employee makes pittance at first
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The straight part
We know that "Office worker" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case office worker = temp.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TEMP mean?
TEMP noun- Abbreviation of tempore.
- A temporary employee, usually in an office.
- A temporary storage location.
- To work as a temporary employee.
- A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
- An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
- A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055
- The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
- The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
- Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
- Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.