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Strong wind on crane worried worker without contract (10)

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I believe the answer is:

freelancer

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'worker without contract' is the definition.
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'strong wind on crane worried' is the wordplay.
'strong' becomes 'f' (musical symbol for 'forte', 'strong' in Italian).
'wind' becomes 'reel' (to reel something is to wind it up).
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'worried' indicates an anagram (worry can mean to interfere with or disturb).
'crane' is an anagram of 'ancer'.
'reel' put inside 'ancer' is 'reelancer'.
'f'+'reelancer'='FREELANCER'

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(Other definitions for freelancer that I've seen before include "Independent worker" , "One temporarily hired" , "Self-employed person" .)

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