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To give her less would be cruel (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ruth

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'to give her less would' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'be cruel' is the wordplay.
'be' becomes 'rut' (rutting is a kind of being).
'cruel' becomes 'h' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rut'+'h'='RUTH'

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(Other definitions for ruth that I've seen before include "- - Rendell, crime writer" , "Babe -, US baseball star" , "Girl's name; grief" , "Biblical woman" , "once felt for a Moabite woman" .)

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