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Flipping gloomy end for Ted and paramour in The Go-Between (9)

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I believe the answer is:

middleman

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'the go-between' is the definition.
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'flipping gloomy end for ted and paramour' is the wordplay.
'flipping' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'gloomy' becomes 'dim'.
'end for' indicates one should take the final letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'paramour' becomes 'leman' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'ted' is 'd'.
'dim' reversed gives 'mid'.
'mid'+'d'+'leman'='MIDDLEMAN'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for middleman that I've seen before include "He comes between producer and consumer" , "Intermediate" , "Retailer or intermediary" , "He acts between producer and consumer" , "Go-between" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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