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Fresh agreement about housing subject to... (9)

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laundered

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'fresh' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.

'agreement about housing subject to' is the wordplay.
'agreement' becomes 'deal' (deal is a kind of agreement).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'housing' is an insertion indicator.
'subject to' becomes 'under' (being subject to a law is being under it).
'deal' written backwards gives 'laed'.
'laed' enclosing 'under' is 'LAUNDERED'.

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(Other definitions for laundered that I've seen before include "Washed and ironed" , "Washed and pressed" , "Cleaned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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