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Would do well, in short, to work for a fee with returning representatives (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prosper

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'would do well in short' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'work for a fee with returning representatives' is the wordplay.
'work for a fee' becomes 'pro' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'representatives' becomes 'reps' (rep is a kind of representative).
'reps' reversed gives 'sper'.
'pro'+'sper'='PROSPER'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for prosper that I've seen before include "Make good" , "Succeed, flourish" , "like Merimee, nominally" , "Go well" , "Get rich" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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