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Poor ending it might make (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indigent

'poor' is the definition.
(indigent means poor or needy)

'ending it might make' is the wordplay.
'might make' is an anagram indicator (the letters might make if rearranged).
'ending'+'it'='endingit'
'endingit' anagrammed gives 'INDIGENT'.

(Other definitions for indigent that I've seen before include "Impoverished -- ending it (anag)" , "Badly off" , "poor fellow" , "Impoverished, destitute" , "Poor enough to need help from others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and The Globe and Mail.
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