Miserly dandy intends no harm (9)
I believe the answer is:
meanswell
'intends no harm' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'miserly dandy' is the wordplay.
'miserly' becomes 'mean' (synonyms).
'dandy' becomes 'swell' (both can informally mean excellent or satisfactory).
'mean'+'swell'='MEANSWELL'
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