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Contraction initially impacting German debt adversely (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridgement

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'contraction' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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'initially impacting german debt adversely' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'adversely' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'impacting' is 'i'.
'i'+'german'+'debt'='igermandebt'
'igermandebt' with letters rearranged gives 'ABRIDGEMENT'.

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(Other definitions for abridgement that I've seen before include "Making short work" , "Curtailment" , "Process of shortening (a text)" , "Summary" .)

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