Crossword Genius

Lack errand? No one is working (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miss

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'lack' is the definition.
(I know that lack can be written as miss)

'errand? no one is working' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mss' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Suffer from the lack of" , "Fail to hear" , "Overlook - misfire - young lady" , "Fail to find" , "Skip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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