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Agreement to get tough, hiding depression (9)

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indenture

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'agreement' is the definition.
(indenture is a kind of agreement)

'get tough hiding depression' is the wordplay.
'get tough' becomes 'inure' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hiding' is an insertion indicator.
'depression' becomes 'dent' (dent is a kind of depression).
'inure' going around 'dent' is 'INDENTURE'.

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(Other definitions for indenture that I've seen before include "Sealed agreement" , "Bind to service" , "Document" , "Agreement binding apprentice to a master" , "served by a novice?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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