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Fish reduced by Scrooge (10)

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I believe the answer is:

cheapskate

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'scrooge' is the definition.
(cheapskate is a kind of scrooge)

'fish reduced' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fish' could be 'skate' (skate is a kind of fish) and 'skate' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cheap' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cheapskate that I've seen before include "Miserly person" , "he won't pay the going rate" , "Tightwad" , "One's tight" , "Mean person" .)

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