Possessing nothing, he'd worked on the land (4)

I believe the answer is:

hoed

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'worked on the land' is the definition.
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'possessing nothing he'd' is the wordplay.
'possessing' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'o' put into 'hed' is 'HOED'.

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(Other definitions for hoed that I've seen before include "Tended to soil" , "Weeded" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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