Beach reduced? Exclamation of annoyance about council’s initial quick fix? (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
short cut
'exclamation of annoyance about council's initial quick fix?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'beach reduced?' is the wordplay.
'beach' becomes 'short' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'reduced?' becomes 'cut' (similar in meaning).
'short'+'cut'='SHORT-CUT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for short cut that I've seen before include "easy way" , "number 1?" , "Route or method quicker than the usual one" , "Means of saving time or effort" , "Fast route" .)