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Supply has been cut and I'm not able to see petitioner (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supplicant

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'petitioner' is the definition.
(I know that petitioner can be written as supplicant)

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(Other definitions for supplicant that I've seen before include "petitioner" , "Person petitioning" , "one asks" , "beggar" , "One petitioning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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