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Another way to say you desert many... (9)

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I believe the answer is:

thousands

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'many' is the definition.
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'another way to say you desert' is the wordplay.
'another way' becomes 'tho' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to say' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'desert' becomes 'sands' (I've seen this in another clue).
'you' is a homophone of 'u'.
'tho'+'u'+'sands'='THOUSANDS'

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(Other definitions for thousands that I've seen before include "a lot" , "1000s" , "Crowds" , "large sum?" , "Dan shouts out at many hundreds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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