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Meal reduced by 1p. Great! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

super

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

'meal reduced by 1p' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'per' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'per' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for super that I've seen before include "Prefix meaning over-excellent!" , "Prefix meaning above or informally great" , "Terrific, ace" , "Informally great, really up there" , "Delightful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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