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The first male worker is uncompromising (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adamant

'uncompromising' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the first male worker' is the wordplay.
'the first male' becomes 'adam'.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'adam'+'ant'='ADAMANT'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adamant that I've seen before include "Hard stone" , "Refusing to budge" , "Unshakable (in an opinion)" , "Data man can be quite unyielding" , "Resolute; diamond (arch.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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