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Agitated to find it hasn't been paid (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unsettled

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'agitated' is the definition.
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'it hasn't been paid' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
'been' could be 'led' (leading is a kind of being) and 'led' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'unset' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to find' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for unsettled that I've seen before include "Changeable" , "Missing work by composer, perhaps" , "Liable to change or upset" , "Uneasy - pending - vagrant" , "Restless" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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