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Advance position showing solidity (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

substance

'solidity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'advance position' is the wordplay.
'advance' becomes 'sub' (both can mean a loan).
'position' becomes 'stance' (stance is a kind of position).
'sub'+'stance'='SUBSTANCE'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for substance that I've seen before include "wealth" , "Physical matter" , "Physical material" , "Subject matter" , "Basic matter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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