### Clue: Clear reprimand when spades lost by worker (7)
### Answer: BLATANT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Clear
 "blast"(a reprimand/a scolding) **minus**(when … lost) "s"(abbrev. for "spades", the playing card suit) **plus**(by) ANT(any of a family of social insects, that include the worker caste).