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The last supporter, with worker, ends full day in smart and graceful manner (9)

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I believe the answer is:

elegantly

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'smart and graceful manner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the last supporter with worker ends full day' is the wordplay.
'last' indicates one should take the final letters.
'supporter' becomes 'leg' ().
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'ends' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'the' is 'e'.
The last letters of 'full day' are 'ly'.
'e'+'leg'+'ant'+'ly'='ELEGANTLY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elegantly that I've seen before include "In a graceful and stylish manner" , "Ingeniously" , "Gracefully, stylishly" , "Gracefully and tastefully" , "in a debonair way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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