Steered clear of a useless fellow (7)

I believe the answer is:

avoided

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'steered clear of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a useless fellow' is the wordplay.
'useless' becomes 'void'.
'fellow' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'void'+'ed'='AVOIDED'

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(Other definitions for avoided that I've seen before include "Shunned" , "Missed" , "Stayed clear of" , "Steered clear of" , "Kept away from" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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