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A thousand and one after tax returns for little Tom? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kitten

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'little tom?' is the definition.
'kitten' can be an answer for 'tom?' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'little' bit.

'a thousand and one after tax returns' is the wordplay.
'a thousand' becomes 'k' (K can mean thousand, e.g. 10k).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'after tax' becomes 'nett' (I've seen this before).
'returns' says the letters should be written backwards.
'nett' in reverse letter order is 'tten'.
'k'+'i'+'tten'='KITTEN'

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for kitten that I've seen before include "Young Tom perhaps" , "Little feline" , "Fluffy little animal" , "Immature cat" , "one to become queen?" .)

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