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Hold up in tax claim is a let-down! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anticlimax

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'a let-down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hold up in tax claim' is the wordplay.
'in tax claim' anagrams to 'ANTICLIMAX'.
But, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for anticlimax that I've seen before include "Let-down after excitement" , "Disappointing ending" , "Disappointing result" , "disappointing outcome" , "Disappointing end" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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