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Rents made high for shopkeepers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tradesmen

'shopkeepers' is the definition.
('tradesman' can be a synonym of 'shopkeeper')

'rents made high' is the wordplay.
'high' indicates an anagram (can mean drunk or on drugs and hence disordered).
'rents'+'made'='rentsmade'
'rentsmade' is an anagram of 'TRADESMEN'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for tradesmen that I've seen before include "Smartened (anag.)" , "Shopkeepers" , "Smartened up like skilled male workers" , "Retailers" , "People selling things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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