Sales now poor; nothing taken? (3-6)

I believe the answer is:

low-season

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'sales now poor nothing taken?' is the definition.
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'sales now poor nothing taken?' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'taken?' indicates putting letters inside.
'sales'+'now'='salesnow'
'salesnow' with letters rearranged gives 'lwseason'.
'lwseason' placed around 'o' is 'LOW-SEASON'.

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