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Get garage to adjust total amount (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aggregate

'total amount' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'get garage to adjust' is the wordplay.
'to adjust' is an anagram indicator.
'get'+'garage'='getgarage'
'getgarage' with letters rearranged gives 'AGGREGATE'.

(Other definitions for aggregate that I've seen before include "Total of several separate elements" , "Combine into a whole" , "A whole formed by combining several elements" , "The whole amount" , "Combined or total amount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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