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Pressure working on site with nitrogen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tension

'pressure' is the definition.
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'working on site with nitrogen' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nitrogen' becomes 'n' (N is the chemical symbol for nitrogen**).
'on'+'site'='onsite'
'onsite' with letters rearranged gives 'tensio'.
'tensio'+'n'='TENSION'

(Other definitions for tension that I've seen before include "The effect of force exerted in or on something" , "Mental or emotional strain" , "Assay" , "Anxiety" , "Intones (anag) - stress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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