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Contempt for small crop (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scorn

'contempt' is the definition.
(I know that contempt can be written as scorn)

'small crop' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'crop' becomes 'corn' (a farmer's crop of corn).
's'+'corn'='SCORN'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scorn that I've seen before include "Look at with disdain" , "Disgust" , "Open disrespect" , "Deride, show contempt for" , "Reject contemptuously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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