Group of workers extremely lanky, ie this? (6)
I believe the answer is:
gangly
'ie this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.
'group of workers extremely lanky' is the wordplay.
'group of workers' becomes 'gang' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (letters on the extremes of the word are used).
'lanky' with its centre taken out is 'ly'.
'gang'+'ly'='GANGLY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gangly that I've seen before include "Tall, thin, awkward" , "With long, awkward limbs" , "Tall and spindly" , "Tall and awkward in movement" , "Loosely-built, lanky" .)