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Born in endless poverty (3)

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I believe the answer is:

nee

'born' is the definition.
('nee' is 'born' in French)

'endless poverty' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'poverty' becomes 'need' (need is a kind of poverty).
'need' with its last letter taken away is 'NEE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for nee that I've seen before include "Originally called" , "(Of married woman) born (with name)" , "Name originally" , "Used to show a married woman's single name" , "Born in Paris" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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