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Sly subsidiary worker (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underhand

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

'subsidiary worker' is the wordplay.
'subsidiary' becomes 'under' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'worker' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of worker).
'under'+'hand'='UNDERHAND'

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(Other definitions for underhand that I've seen before include "Sneaky" , "Reporting to worker" , "delivery may be so made" , "Crafty" , "Done in sly or secret way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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