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Contracted a gluttonous vice (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agreed

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'contracted a gluttonous vice' is the definition.
'agreed' can be an answer for 'contracted' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'a gluttonous vice' bit.

'contracted a gluttonous' is the wordplay.
'contracted' means to remove the last letter (to contract is to shorten).
'gluttonous' becomes 'greedy' (similar in meaning).
'a'+'greedy'='agreedy'
'agreedy' with its last letter removed is 'AGREED'.

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(Other definitions for agreed that I've seen before include "It's a deal!" , "Done!" , "matched" , "Accorded" , "Let's do it!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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