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Stylish English worker holding on (7)

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I believe the answer is:

elegant

'stylish' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english worker holding on' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'on' becomes 'leg' (cricket term, fielding positions**).
'e'+'ant'='eant'
'eant' going around 'leg' is 'ELEGANT'.

(Other definitions for elegant that I've seen before include "Neat leg? (anag)" , "Dignified and graceful" , "Refined gracefulness" , "excellent!" , "Fine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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