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Advantage of entering river-flooded mine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

profit

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'advantage' is the definition.
(I know that profit is a type of advantage)

'entering river-flooded mine' is the wordplay.
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'flooded' becomes 'of' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mine' becomes 'pit' (down the pit).
'r'+'of'='rof'
'rof' going inside 'pit' is 'PROFIT'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for profit that I've seen before include "Clean up" , "Advantage, benefit" , "It's gained on a transaction" , "Surplus earnings" , "Gain, return on investment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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