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A new greed spread around VIP (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grandee

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

'a new greed spread' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (abbreviation as in New Testament NT).
'spread' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'n'+'greed'='angreed'
'angreed' with letters rearranged gives 'GRANDEE'.

'around' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grandee that I've seen before include "Spanish bigwig" , "Eminent person" , "European lord" , "Ran edge around the Spanish nobleman" , "Person of high rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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