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Say no more, level diminished (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrank

'diminished' is the definition.
(shrinking is a kind of diminishing)

'say no more level' is the wordplay.
'say no more' becomes 'sh' ('sh' means stop talking).
'level' becomes 'rank' (I've seen this before).
'sh'+'rank'='SHRANK'

(Other definitions for shrank that I've seen before include "Shrivelled" , "Got less" , "Flinched" , "Recoiled" , "Reduced in size" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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