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Quiet rescuer loses head — a worker by the way (7)

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I believe the answer is:

paviour

'a worker by the way' is the definition.
(someone laying paving stones on a road or way)

'quiet rescuer loses head' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'rescuer' becomes 'saviour' (synonyms).
'loses head' means to remove the first letter.
'saviour' with its first letter taken off is 'aviour'.
'p'+'aviour'='PAVIOUR'

(Another definition for paviour that I've seen is " Stone for walking on".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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