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Stall worker given zero extra cash (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

temporise

'stall' is the definition.
('stall'->'temporize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'worker given zero extra cash' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'temp' (temp is a kind of worker).
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'zero' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'extra cash' becomes 'rise' (pay rise).
'temp'+'o'+'rise'='TEMPORISE'

(Other definitions for temporise that I've seen before include "Put off" , "Hedge" , "fail to decide" , "Delay" , "Emptier so as to avoid giving a definite answer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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