The Saint unfortunately having dither (8)

I believe the answer is:

hesitant

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'having dither' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the saint unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'the'+'saint'='thesaint'
'thesaint' is an anagram of 'HESITANT'.

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(Other definitions for hesitant that I've seen before include "Wavering" , "The Saint? (anag)" , "Tentative" , "Slow through indecision" , "Pausing - undecided" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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