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Deviation - no time to harbour miserly attitude (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demeanour

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'attitude' is the definition.
(I know that demeanour is a type of attitude)

'deviation no time to harbour miserly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'deviation' could be 'mean' (mean deviation is a kind of deviation) and 'mean' is found within the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for demeanour that I've seen before include "Behaviour" , "Outward bearing" , "Appearance and attitude" , "Manner of behaving towards others" , "Enamoured of the way a person behaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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