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Attendant needing coal yet to be moved (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acolyte

'attendant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'coal yet to be moved' is the wordplay.
'to be moved' indicates anagramming the letters.
'coal'+'yet'='coalyet'
'coalyet' is an anagram of 'ACOLYTE'.

'needing' is the link.

(Other definitions for acolyte that I've seen before include "Religious assistant" , "Altar boy" , "Faithful assistant" , "Devoted follower" , "Attendant - faithful follower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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