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Respect and acknowledge reduced allowance (10)

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I believe the answer is:

admiration

'respect' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'acknowledge reduced allowance' is the wordplay.
'acknowledge' becomes 'admit' ('admit' can be a synonym of 'acknowledge').
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'allowance' becomes 'ration' (I've seen this before).
'admit' with its last letter taken off is 'admi'.
'admi'+'ration'='ADMIRATION'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for admiration that I've seen before include "High regard, respect" , "warm approval" , "Veneration, esteem" , "wonder" , "Praise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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