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A revolutionary and a writer reduce the cost (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cheapen

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'reduce the cost' is the definition.
'cheapen' can be an answer for 'reduce' (I've seen this in another clue). I'm not certain of the 'the cost' bit.

'a revolutionary and a writer' is the wordplay.
'a revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'writer' becomes 'pen' (something which writes).
'che'+'a'+'pen'='CHEAPEN'

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(Other definitions for cheapen that I've seen before include "Decry or devalue" , "Cut" , "Demean - make less expensive" , "Reduce worth, degrade" , "discount" .)

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