Staff appear 50 per cent reduced in Scottish minister's home (5)
I believe the answer is:
manse
'minister's home' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'staff appear 50' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
'appear' becomes 'rise' (rising is a kind of appearing).
'50' means to take half the letters (50 percent of the letters).
'rise' cut in half is 'se'.
'man'+'se'='MANSE'
'per cent reduced in scottish' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manse that I've seen before include "Untrue" , "Scots minister's house" , "Pile of rector'" , "Accommodation" , "Scottish minister's house" .)