Reportedly beams, getting pay increase in New York? (5)
I believe the answer is:
raise
'pay increase in new york?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'reportedly beams' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'beams' becomes 'rays' (rays of light).
'rays' is a homophone of 'RAISE'.
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Care for during childhood" , "Put up" , "Call up" , "Hoist" , "Produce" .)