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Tag width is wrong for this reluctant spender (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tightwad

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'this reluctant spender' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'tag width is wrong' is the wordplay.
'is wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'tag'+'width'='tagwidth'
'tagwidth' anagrammed gives 'TIGHTWAD'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tightwad that I've seen before include "Skinflint" , "Miser (sl.)" , "Cheapskate" , "Mean person (US)" , "Miserly person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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