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Current agreement best (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ideal

'best' is the definition.
('ideal' can be similar in meaning to 'best')

'current agreement' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'agreement' becomes 'deal' (deal is a kind of agreement).
'i'+'deal'='IDEAL'

(Other definitions for ideal that I've seen before include "supreme" , "Conceptual" , "Perfect but perhaps unlikely to become reality" , "Perfectly suited" , "Something that one hopes to attain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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