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Cut in crude fashion by an editor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reduced

'cut' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'crude fashion by an editor' is the wordplay.
'fashion' indicates an anagram.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an editor' becomes 'ed'.
'crude' with letters rearranged gives 'reduc'.
'reduc'+'ed'='REDUCED'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for reduced that I've seen before include "Got rid of some bodily weight" , "Impoverished" , "looked smaller" , "Boiled down" , "Curtailed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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