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Cutting more, cut less content (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extract

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'cutting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'more cut less content' is the wordplay.
'more' becomes 'extra' (I've seen this before).
'cut less content' becomes 'ct' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'extra'+'ct'='EXTRACT'

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(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Draw out by force" , "concentrate" , "Take or pull out - say a tooth" , "Selected passage from a book" , "Cutting" .)

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