Hand over before agreement (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
done deal
'agreement' is the definition.
'hand over before' is the wordplay.
'hand' becomes 'deal' ('deal' can be a synonym of 'hand').
'over' becomes 'done' (I've seen this before**).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'deal' after 'done' is 'DONE DEAL'.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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