American negotiated, hard up and visibly embarrassed (8)

I believe the answer is:

brokered

'american negotiated' is the definition.
(word for 'negotiated' in American English)

'hard up and visibly embarrassed' is the wordplay.
'hard up' becomes 'broke' (both can mean poor).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'visibly embarrassed' becomes 'red' (someone may blush or go red when embarrassed).
'broke'+'red'='BROKERED'

(Another definition for brokered that I've seen is " Negotiated, talked terms".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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