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Become unable to see reduced mischievous sprite (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goblin

'mischievous sprite' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'become unable to see reduced' is the wordplay.
'become' becomes 'go' ('go' can be a synonym of 'become').
'unable to see' becomes 'blind' (I've seen this before).
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'blind' with its last letter taken off is 'blin'.
'go'+'blin'='GOBLIN'

(Other definitions for goblin that I've seen before include "Small grotesque supernatural creature" , "Malevolent imp" , "Dwarf-like creature" , "I may appear in fairy tales" , "Small trouble-making creature of folklore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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