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Tailor madly working, without skill (11)

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I believe the answer is:

maladroitly

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'without skill' is the definition.
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'tailor madly working' is the wordplay.
'working' is an anagram indicator.
'tailor'+'madly'='tailormadly'
'tailormadly' with letters rearranged gives 'MALADROITLY'.

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