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Journalist entering fray, cut (9)

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reduction

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'cut' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'journalist entering fray' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'fray' becomes 'ruction' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ed' inserted into 'ruction' is 'REDUCTION'.

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(Other definitions for reduction that I've seen before include "cutback!" , "Lessening" , "Drop in price" , "from nine to five, for example" , "Introduce (anag) - decrease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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