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Victor, struggling with pesky rent, being this? (7-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poverty-stricken

'this?' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'victor struggling with pesky rent' is the wordplay.
'struggling with' indicates an anagram.
'pesky'+'rent'='peskyrent'
'victor' mixed up with 'peskyrent' makes 'POVERTY-STRICKEN'.

'being' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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