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Yearning for zero - staff has no time (8)

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I believe the answer is:

lovesick

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'staff has no time' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'yearning for zero' is the wordplay.
'yearning' becomes 'sick' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'zero' becomes 'love' (love is zero in tennis).
'sick' after 'love' is 'LOVESICK'.

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(Other definitions for lovesick that I've seen before include "Nauseatingly infatuated?" , "Pining for one's sweetheart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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