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Lacking balance, and nasty due to change (8)

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I believe the answer is:

unsteady

'lacking balance' is the definition.

'nasty due to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' is an anagram indicator.
'nasty'+'due'='nastydue'
'nastydue' with letters rearranged gives 'UNSTEADY'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for unsteady that I've seen before include "Not even" , "Wobbly" , "likely to wobble" , "Rocky" , "Wavering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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