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Attractive woman with pay rise oddly lost money (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dollars

'money' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'attractive woman with pay rise oddly lost' is the wordplay.
'attractive woman' becomes 'doll' (informal term for a beautiful woman).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'oddly lost' means one should take alternating letters.
'pay'+'rise'='payrise'
The alternating letters of 'payrise' are 'ars'.
'doll'+'ars'='DOLLARS'

(Other definitions for dollars that I've seen before include "Bucks" , "American currency" , "ready for Americans" , "Basic monetary units in many countries" , "Greenbacks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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