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Hear King's changing, making reduction (9)

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I believe the answer is:

shrinkage

'reduction' is the definition.
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'hear king's changing' is the wordplay.
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hear'+'kings'='hearkings'
'hearkings' with letters rearranged gives 'SHRINKAGE'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shrinkage that I've seen before include "Process by which something becomes smaller" , "waste allowance" , "Asking her to get loss by wastage" , "Size reduction" , "Reduction in volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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