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Small passion thats upsetting a worker (4,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shop assistant

'a worker' is the definition.
(shop assistant is a kind of worker)

'small passion thats upsetting' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'upsetting' indicates an anagram.
'passion'+'thats'='passionthats'
'passionthats' with letters rearranged gives 'hopassistant'.
's'+'hopassistant'='SHOP-ASSISTANT'

(Other definitions for shop assistant that I've seen before include "who should be helping customers?" , "Worker in retail trade" , "one employed in store" , "Salesperson" , "Give grass to aid one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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