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Hesitate putting one article in empty drawer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dither

'hesitate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one article in empty drawer' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech**).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'drawer' with its middle removed is 'dr'.
'i'+'the'='ithe'
'ithe' going inside 'dr' is 'DITHER'.

'putting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dither that I've seen before include "Display of nerves" , "Be undecided and somewhat agitated" , "Remain undecided" , "indecision" , "Be in two minds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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