Bank collected very little cash in the last few days (8)
I believe the answer is:
recently
'last few days' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'bank collected very little cash in' is the wordplay.
'bank' becomes 'rely' (to bank on is to rely on).
'collected very little cash' becomes 'cent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'rely' placed around 'cent' is 'RECENTLY'.
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recently that I've seen before include "Lately" , "Of late" , "Adverb meaning not long ago" , "Happening not long ago" , "In the near past" .)