Hash dealer almost gets sent down (9)
I believe the answer is:
relegated
'sent down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hash dealer almost gets' is the wordplay.
'hash' is an anagram indicator.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'gets' with its last letter removed is 'get'.
'dealer'+'get'='dealerget'
'dealerget' is an anagram of 'RELEGATED'.
(Other definitions for relegated that I've seen before include "Downgraded" , "Kicked downstairs" , "sent down" , "banished" , "Put down" .)