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Bids by Conservative for supply of funds (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coffers

'supply of funds' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bids by conservative' is the wordplay.
'bids' becomes 'offers' ('offer' can be a synonym of 'bid').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'conservative' becomes 'c' (abbreviation commonly used in UK politics).
'offers' put after 'c' is 'COFFERS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for coffers that I've seen before include "Supply of funds" , "Strongboxes" , "Treasury box" , "Treasury boxes" , "Financial reserves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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