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More's cut off for the shopper (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

customer

'the shopper' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'more's cut off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mores'+'cut'='morescut'
'morescut' with letters rearranged gives 'CUSTOMER'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for customer that I've seen before include "Regular" , "Rail passenger, nowadays" , "Person buying" , "One who buys goods or services" , "The one who pays is always right" .)

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