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See Dennis Amiss in poverty (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neediness

'poverty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'see dennis amiss' is the wordplay.
'amiss' indicates an anagram.
'see'+'dennis'='seedennis'
'seedennis' with letters rearranged gives 'NEEDINESS'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for neediness that I've seen before include "Want" , "Poverty" , "Insecurity" , "Wanting state" , "Destitution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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