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Hopeless repositioning tree with spade (9)

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I believe the answer is:

desperate

'hopeless' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'repositioning tree with spade' is the wordplay.
'repositioning' is an anagram indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'tree'+'spade'='treespade'
'treespade' with letters rearranged gives 'DESPERATE'.

(Other definitions for desperate that I've seen before include "Miserable" , "Nearly hopeless" , "in a stew" , "Adept seer (anag)" , "Hopeless; extremely bad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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