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Be slow to give £1 to a politician (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limp

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'be slow' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'give ps1 to a politician' is the wordplay.
'give' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'psl' becomes 'li' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to a politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'li' next to 'mp' is 'LIMP'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for limp that I've seen before include "Lacking stiffness" , "Walk with difficulty" , "Walk with an injury" , "Walk with an uneven stop" , "exhausted" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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