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Popular English member with worker, ungainly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inelegant

'ungainly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'popular english member with worker' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'leg' (member can mean a limb).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'in'+'e'+'leg'+'ant'='INELEGANT'

(Other definitions for inelegant that I've seen before include "not the herb of grace?" , "Ugly" , "laboured" , "far from chic" , "not the cultivated sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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