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Rents made up for shopkeepers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tradesmen

'shopkeepers' is the definition.
(I know this)

'rents made up' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates an anagram (letters get chucked up).
'rents'+'made'='rentsmade'
'rentsmade' with letters rearranged gives 'TRADESMEN'.

'for' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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