Reduced to being married we hear (5)
I believe the answer is:
pared
'reduced' is the definition.
(to pare something down is to reduce it)
'being married we hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'being' could be 'red' (red is a kind of being) and 'red' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pared that I've seen before include "Cut bit by bit" , "Peeled the outer surface" , "Whittled as with pencil" , "Of a fruit, peeled" , "Trimmed - peeled" .)