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African currency, Yankee wanting it (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

randy

'wanting it' is the definition.
(randy means wanting sex)

'african currency yankee' is the wordplay.
'african currency' becomes 'rand' (currency of South Africa).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'rand'+'y'='RANDY'

(Other definitions for randy that I've seen before include "Eager to get into bed" , "boisterous locally" , "Lustful" , "Hot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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