Occupied in making a neat repair to a bad dent (8)

I believe the answer is:

tenanted

'occupied' is the definition.
(I know that occupied can be written as tenanted)

'a neat repair to a bad dent' is the wordplay.
'repair' indicates an anagram (letters are fixed or repaired).
'to a bad' is an anagram indicator.
'neat' anagrammed gives 'tena'.
'dent' with letters rearranged gives 'nted'.
'tena'+'nted'='TENANTED'

'in making' acts as a link.

(Another definition for tenanted that I've seen is " Occupied for rent".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app