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100 taken in by enticement for money (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lucre

'money' is the definition.
(lucre is a kind of money)

'100 taken in by enticement' is the wordplay.
'100' becomes 'c' (roman numeral).
'taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'enticement' becomes 'lure' (lure is a kind of enticement).
'c' put into 'lure' is 'LUCRE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lucre that I've seen before include "There's money" , "Ill-gotten riches" , "monetary gain" , "ill-gotten gains" , "Profit dishonestly obtained" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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