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Announced shopkeeper's earner, (also not so nice or little!) (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grosser

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'earner also not so nice or little' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'announced shopkeeper's' is the wordplay.
'announced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'shopkeeper' becomes 'grocer' (I've seen this before).
'grocer' sounds like 'GROSSER'.

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(Other definitions for grosser that I've seen before include "More corpulent" , "more vulgar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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