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Bank on me only (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

merely

'only' is the definition.
('merely' can be a synonym of 'only')

'bank on me' is the wordplay.
'bank' becomes 'rely' (I've seen this before**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rely' put after 'me' is 'MERELY'.

(Other definitions for merely that I've seen before include "'Only, and nothing more (6)'" , "Just one" , "Simply - only" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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