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Negotiated with penniless leftie (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brokered

'negotiated' is the definition.
(brokering is a kind of negotiating)

'with penniless leftie' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'penniless' becomes 'broke' (I've seen this before).
'leftie' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a political leftwinger).
'broke' next to 'red' is 'BROKERED'.

(Another definition for brokered that I've seen is " Negotiated, talked terms".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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