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Fancy beginning to egg on worker (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elegant

'fancy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'beginning to egg on worker' is the wordplay.
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
'on' becomes 'leg' (cricket term, fielding positions**).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
The initial letter of 'egg' is 'e'.
'e'+'leg'+'ant'='ELEGANT'

(Other definitions for elegant that I've seen before include "Chic; smart" , "Stylish in appearance, a gentle kind" , "Modish" , "Tasteful and refined in appearance" , "Gracefully stylish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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