Staff redo badly written compromises (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
trade-offs
'written compromises' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'staff redo badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'staff'+'redo'='staffredo'
'staffredo' is an anagram of 'TRADE-OFFS'.
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