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Come up for a pay increase (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arise

'come up' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a pay increase' is the wordplay.
'pay increase' becomes 'rise' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'rise'='ARISE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arise that I've seen before include "W B Yeats: 'I will . . . . . and go now'" , "result" , "Ascend" , "Happen" , "Crop up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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