Unwilling to get an awful clutter outside tidied up (9)

I believe the answer is:

reluctant

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'unwilling' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'an awful clutter outside tidied up' is the wordplay.
'an awful' is an anagram indicator.
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'tidied up' becomes 'ant' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clutter' with its centre removed is 'cluter'.
'cluter' is an anagram of 'reluct'.
'reluct'+'ant'='RELUCTANT'

'to get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for reluctant that I've seen before include "Kenneth Grahame's dragon was" , "Slow" , "Not wishing to" , "Loth" , "Indisposed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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