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Disinclined to engineer rental cut (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reluctant

'disinclined' is the definition.
('reluctant' can be similar in meaning to 'disinclined')

'engineer rental cut' is the wordplay.
'engineer' indicates an anagram.
'rental'+'cut'='rentalcut'
'rentalcut' anagrammed gives 'RELUCTANT'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for reluctant that I've seen before include "Disinclined to become involved" , "Not wishing to" , "Unwilling to do something" , "Slow" , "Indisposed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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