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Professional agents, upwardly mobile, do well (7)

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I believe the answer is:

prosper

'do well' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'professional agents upwardly mobile' is the wordplay.
'professional' becomes 'pro' (abbreviation).
'agents' becomes 'reps' (representatives).
'upwardly mobile' is a reversal indicator.
'reps' reversed gives 'sper'.
'pro'+'sper'='PROSPER'

(Other definitions for prosper that I've seen before include "Flourish, do well" , "like Merimee, nominally" , "Do well, be successful in life" , "Thrive, boom" , "Get rich" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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