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Made no progress with dodgy gate stand (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stagnated

'made no progress' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dodgy gate stand' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates an anagram (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'gate'+'stand'='gatestand'
'gatestand' anagrammed gives 'STAGNATED'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stagnated that I've seen before include "Stood still" , "Vegetated" , "made no progress" , "progressed no further" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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