Crossword Genius

Small catch when man working on the house accepts direct debit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tiddler

'small catch' is the definition.
(small fish)

'man working on the house accepts direct debit' is the wordplay.
'man working on the house' becomes 'tiler' (a tiler works on a roof).
'accepts' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'direct debit' becomes 'DD' (abbreviation).
'tiler' going around 'dd' is 'TIDDLER'.

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tiddler that I've seen before include "Little chap" , "Small fry" , "Small thing" , "A small fish children try to catch" , "Minnow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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