Crossword Genius

Fresh meal frequently eaten by accomplished farm worker (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dairymaid

'farm worker' is the definition.
(dairymaid is a kind of farm worker)

'fresh meal frequently eaten by accomplished' is the wordplay.
'fresh' becomes 'airy' (I've seen this in another clue).
'frequently' indicates alternate letters (letters selected at a regular frequency).
'eaten by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters get eaten).
'accomplished' becomes 'did' (to do something is to accomplish it).
The alternate letters of 'meal' are 'ma'.
'airy'+'ma'='airyma'
'airyma' going into 'did' is 'DAIRYMAID'.

(Other definitions for dairymaid that I've seen before include "Woman who milked cows" , "Girl perhaps making butter or cheese" , "Midday air (anag.)" , "Person milking" , "old farm worker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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