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Southern harbour reduced by small amount (6)

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I believe the answer is:

shaven

'reduced by small amount' is the definition.
(with a small amount shaved off)

'southern harbour' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'harbour' becomes 'haven' (synonyms).
's'+'haven'='SHAVEN'

(Other definitions for shaven that I've seen before include "without locks" , "Hairless after work with razor" , "Without a beard" , "With hair removed (N, not D)" , "lacking coverage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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