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Hand part of staff (8)

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employee

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'hand' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for employee that I've seen before include "Job-holder" , "Hand" , "Company worker" , "Person in office" , "Person working for wages or salary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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