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Distressed, reinstated after a fashion (10)

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I believe the answer is:

straitened

'distressed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'reinstated after a fashion' is the wordplay.
'after a fashion' indicates anagramming the letters (letters re-fashioned).
'reinstated' is an anagram of 'STRAITENED'.

(Other definitions for straitened that I've seen before include "suffering financial hardship" , "In financial distress" , "having financial difficulties" , "Financially stretched" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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