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Big figures of company deficit — with little current (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colossi

'big figures' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'company deficit with little current' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'deficit' becomes 'loss' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'current' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean current or trendy).
'in' with its last letter removed is 'i'.
'co'+'loss'+'i'='COLOSSI'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for colossi that I've seen before include "big statues" , "Powerful organisations" , "Powerful figures" , "heavyweights" , "Very large statues" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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