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Sculptor needing staff at home (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rodin

'sculptor' is the definition.
(Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor)

'staff at home' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a stick or cane).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'rod'+'in'='RODIN'

'needing' is the link.

(Other definitions for rodin that I've seen before include "Famous sculptor" , "Auguste -, French sculptor" , "Sculptor of OThe KissO" , "French sculptor of The Kiss, d. 1917" , "Fr. sculptor (The Kiss)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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