Cryptic crossword clue
Short worker brought into section 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WANTING

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The straight part

We know that "Short" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case short = wanting.

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What does WANTING mean?

1. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
2. (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
3. To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
4. (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
5. (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
6. (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
7. To be lacking or deficient or absent.
8. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
9. To lack and be without, to not have (something).
10. (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
3. Deficient.

1. Without, except, but.
2. Less, short of, minus.

1. The state of wanting something; desire.

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