Hesitation about nuclear energy stratagem used by journalist out of work (10)
I believe the answer is:
unemployed
'out of work' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'hesitation about nuclear energy stratagem used by journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'stratagem' could be 'ploy' (synonyms) and 'ploy' is found within the answer.
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unemployed that I've seen before include "Idle" , "out of position?" , "Out of work" .)