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Unemployed joiner from Munich getting into Socialist Worker? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

redundant

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'unemployed' is the definition.

'joiner from munich getting into socialist worker?' is the wordplay.
'joiner from munich getting' becomes 'dun' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (socialism is often associated with the colour red).
'worker?' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'dun' going inside 'red' is 'redund'.
'redund'+'ant'='REDUNDANT'

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(Other definitions for redundant that I've seen before include "getting P45?" , "jobless!" , "no longer wanted" , "out of a job" , "no longer needed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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