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In need? Dad’s navigated badly (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disadvantaged

'in need?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dad's navigated badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'dads'+'navigated'='dadsnavigated'
'dadsnavigated' anagrammed gives 'DISADVANTAGED'.

(Other definitions for disadvantaged that I've seen before include "Socially or economically deprived" , "In unfavourable circumstances" , "underprivileged" , "Put in an unfavourable position" , "In deprived circumstances" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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