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Periodically claim total I earn will get reduced (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

littler

'reduced' is the definition.
(to reduce is to make littler)

'periodically claim total i earn' is the wordplay.
'periodically' means one should take alternating letters (letters must be selected 'every so often').
'claim'+'total'+'i'+'earn'='claimtotaliearn'
The alternating letters of 'claimtotaliearn' are 'LITTLER'.

'will get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for littler that I've seen before include "Relatively small" , "Comparatively minor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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