Cryptic crossword clue
Who, for example, joins a certain slacker in colony? 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 1 letter word DRONE  –

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What does DRONE  – mean?

1. A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
2. Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
3. One who performs menial or tedious work.
4. A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

1. To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

1. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
2. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
3. A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
2. To speak in a monotone way.

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