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Source of wisdom, underground worker, Victor, with answer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

minerva

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'source of wisdom underground' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'worker victor with answer' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'miner' (miner is a kind of worker).
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'miner'+'v'+'a'='MINERVA'

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(Other definitions for minerva that I've seen before include "female of great wisdom" , "Roman counterpart of Athene" , "Roman goddess of learning" , "Divine female" , "Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom - a vermin (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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