Hesitate about working party producing pointless work (10)

I believe the answer is:

boondoggle

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'work' is the definition.
(I know that boondoggle is a type of work)

'hesitate about working party' is the wordplay.
'hesitate' becomes 'boggle' (boggling is a kind of hesitating).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'on'+'do'='ondo'
'boggle' placed around 'ondo' is 'BOONDOGGLE'.

'producing pointless' is the link.
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(Other definitions for boondoggle that I've seen before include "Unnecessary or wasteful project (US)" , "work without benefit in the US" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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