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Cheap and loud carpet on call centre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frugal

'cheap' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'loud carpet on call centre' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'carpet' becomes 'rug' (synonyms).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The centre of 'call' is 'al'.
'f'+'rug'+'al'='FRUGAL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for frugal that I've seen before include "Abstemious" , "not extravagant" , "Thrifty or parsimonious" , "Thrifty - meagre" , "Sparing, meagre" .)

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