Bank account with very little cash? This could be grave (6)
I believe the answer is:
accent
'could be grave' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bank account with very little cash?' is the wordplay.
'bank' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'banks of' mean this (the banks are the sides of the word)).
'account' becomes 'acc'.
'with very little cash?' becomes 'cent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'acc' with its centre taken out is 'ac'.
'ac'+'cent'='ACCENT'
'this' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accent that I've seen before include "intensity" , "Emphasis; mark on a letter" , "Stress, emphasis" , "Stress - regional dialect" , "Local way of pronouncing words" .)