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Wages at South America low — a sign? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salaries

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'wages' is the definition.
('salary' can be a synonym of 'wage')

'at south america low a sign?' is the wordplay.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'south america low' becomes 'sal' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'a sign?' becomes 'aries' (star sign).
'sal' put next to 'aries' is 'SALARIES'.

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(Other definitions for salaries that I've seen before include "remuneration" , "Wages" , "Payments from employers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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