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Uniform beginning to narrow somewhat below the belt (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unfairly

'below the belt' is the definition.
(below the belt means unfair)

'uniform beginning to narrow somewhat' is the wordplay.
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'beginning to' says to take the initial letters.
'somewhat' becomes 'fairly' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'narrow' is 'n'.
'u'+'n'+'fairly'='UNFAIRLY'

(Other definitions for unfairly that I've seen before include "Without justice" , "Inequitably, wrongly" , "Unjustly" , "dishonestly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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