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Besides, a pound’s nothing! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

also

'besides' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a pound's nothing' is the wordplay.
'pound's' becomes 'ls'.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'a'+'ls'+'o'='ALSO'

(Other definitions for also that I've seen before include "Furthermore" , "What's more" , "in accompaniment" , "revolutionary a part for Yugoslavia" , "As well, in addition" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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