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Decide to bring no-hoper over at five to meet middlemen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

resolve

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'decide' is the definition.
(I know that resolve is a more specific form of decide)

'no-hoper over at five to meet middlemen' is the wordplay.
'no-hoper' becomes 'loser' (I've seen this before).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'to meet middlemen' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'loser' backwards is 'resol'.
'resol'+'v'+'e'='RESOLVE'

'to bring' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for resolve that I've seen before include "Determine firmly" , "Be determined" , "find an answer" , "Clear up: courage" , "Determine with conviction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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