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A bid made with bad hesitation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offer

'a bid' is the definition.
(I know that bid can be written as offer)

'with bad hesitation' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'bad' becomes 'off' (eg meat that's gone off is bad).
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'off' next to 'er' is 'OFFER'.

'made' is the link.

(Other definitions for offer that I've seen before include "Bid; proposal" , "(Suggestion of) gift" , "Sum of money proposed as payment" , "Provide; reduced price" , "Tender - proposal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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