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Needled your MP, unfortunately not getting enough work (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underemployed

'not getting enough work' is the definition.
(lacking employment)

'needled your mp unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'needled'+'your'+'mp'='needledyourmp'
'needledyourmp' is an anagram of 'UNDEREMPLOYED'.

(Other definitions for underemployed that I've seen before include "Having too little work" , "Not having enough work" , "Not fully made use of" , "Not fully occupied with work" , "Not used enough" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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