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Fine morning enriches often... (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amerce

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'fine' is the definition.
(amercing is a kind of fining)

'morning enriches often' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'morning' could be 'am' and 'am' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for amerce that I've seen before include "Punish by imposing arbitrary fine" , "Came re the fine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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