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No increase - that's a thing of the past (3,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

not any more

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'thing of the past' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'no increase that's a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'no' could be 'notany' (similar in meaning) and 'notany' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'more' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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