Mended in the manner persuaded (5)

I believe the answer is:

soled

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'mended' is the definition.
(soling is a kind of mending)

'manner persuaded' is the wordplay.
'manner' becomes 'so' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'persuaded' becomes 'led'.
'so'+'led'='SOLED'

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(Other definitions for soled that I've seen before include "Repaired shoe" , "Pulled at one time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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