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Complain to head worker about door mechanism (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whinge

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'complain' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'head worker about door mechanism' is the wordplay.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
'about door mechanism' becomes 'hinge' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'worker' is 'w'.
'w'+'hinge'='WHINGE'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for whinge that I've seen before include "Moan" , "Grumble or complain persistently" , "Peevish complaint" , "Complain annoyingly" , "Complain, whine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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