Crossword Genius

Reward — our men earn it corruptly (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

remuneration

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

'our men earn it corruptly' is the wordplay.
'corruptly' is an anagram indicator.
'our'+'men'+'earn'+'it'='ourmenearnit'
'ourmenearnit' with letters rearranged gives 'REMUNERATION'.

(Other definitions for remuneration that I've seen before include "Money as reward" , "Money paid for work or a service" , "Payment - a minor tenure (anag)" , "Pay - our men earn it (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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