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Swindle over farm machinery one is engaged to supply (10)

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I believe the answer is:

contractor

'one is engaged to supply' is the definition.
(a contractor supplies a service)

'swindle over farm machinery' is the wordplay.
'swindle' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of swindle).
'over' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'farm machinery' becomes 'tractor'.
'con'+'tractor'='CONTRACTOR'

(Other definitions for contractor that I've seen before include "Businessman" , "One formally agreeing to do job" , "Party to a deal; builder" , "One undertaking specific business" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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