Worker left during lament in a stylish manner (9)

I believe the answer is:

elegantly

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'in a stylish manner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'worker left during lament' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'lament' becomes 'elegy' (synonyms).
'ant'+'l'='antl'
'antl' placed within 'elegy' is 'ELEGANTLY'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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