Look with desire, being fairly poor (6)

I believe the answer is:

lowish

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'fairly poor' is the definition.
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'look with desire' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'desire' becomes 'wish' (wishing is a kind of desiring).
'lo'+'wish'='LOWISH'

'being' is the link.

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