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Desires half my wages (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yearnings

'desires' is the definition.
(yearning is a kind of desire)

'half my wages' is the wordplay.
'half' indicates taking half.
'wages' becomes 'earnings' (I've seen this before).
'my' halved is 'y'.
'y'+'earnings'='YEARNINGS'

(Other definitions for yearnings that I've seen before include "wishes" , "Desires" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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