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Amassed wealth draws in Welsh director in Hollywood (6)

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howard

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'director in hollywood' is the definition.
(director Ron Howard)

'amassed wealth draws in welsh' is the wordplay.
'amassed wealth' becomes 'hoard' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'draws in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'welsh' becomes 'W' (abbreviation).
'hoard' enclosing 'w' is 'HOWARD'.

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(Other definitions for howard that I've seen before include "-- Hughes, reclusive US?tycoon" , "Castle - - , Yorks." , "See 7" , "Man" , "Michael - - , ex-Tory leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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