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Move at the end of August, cheap (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

budget

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cheap</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">move at the end of august</span>' is the wordplay.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">move</span>' becomes '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">budge</span>' <span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to budge is to move slightly)</span>.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">at the end of</span>' suggests the final letters.<br/ >The final letter of '<span class="explanation-format__original">augus<span class="explanation-format__em">t</span></span>' is '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">t</span>'.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">budge</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">t</span>'='<span class="explanation-format__answer">BUDGET</span>'<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for budget that I've seen before include "Fiscal estimate" , "Limit of funds" , "Financial estimate" , "occasion for speech" , "Funding plan" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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