Faraway land finally gets first worker (7)
I believe the answer is:
distant
'faraway' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'land finally gets first worker' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles 1st).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
The last letter of 'land' is 'd'.
'd'+'ist'+'ant'='DISTANT'
(Other definitions for distant that I've seen before include "Unfriendly; far off" , "Far apart in space or time" , "Absent - coming from a far-away place" , "Aloof" , "cool" .)