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One has little hesitation after work to get drug (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opium

'drug' is the definition.
(opium is a kind of drug)

'one has little hesitation after work' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little hesitation' becomes 'um'.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'i'+'um' is 'ium'.
'ium' put after 'op' is 'OPIUM'.

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for opium that I've seen before include "Poppy drug" , "Addictive narcotic" , "wars with China" , "The stuff of wars" , "Number" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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