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Worker one finds hostile (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anti

'hostile' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'worker one' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'ant'+'i'='ANTI'

'finds' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for anti that I've seen before include "Who pooh-poohs all" , "One who is against (something)" , "Opposed to followers of Hitler" , "on the other side" , "[NO MAN]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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