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Session with nothing for defenceless individual (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sitting duck

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'defenceless individual' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'session with nothing' is the wordplay.
'session' becomes 'sitting' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nothing' becomes 'duck' (duck means zero in cricket).
'sitting'+'duck'='SITTING DUCK'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sitting duck that I've seen before include "Helpless victim" , "Potential victim" , "Wide-open target" , "Obvious target" , "Easy target" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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