Staff redo badly written compromises (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
trade-offs
'written compromises' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'staff redo badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'staff'+'redo'='staffredo'
'staffredo' with letters rearranged gives 'TRADE-OFFS'.
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