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British bear with Resistance money man (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bursar

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'money man' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'british bear with resistance' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'bear' becomes 'ursa' (Latin name for bear as in Ursa Major).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'b'+'ursa'+'r'='BURSAR'

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(Other definitions for bursar that I've seen before include "Finance manager for school or college" , "The treasurer at a college or university" , "College financier" , "Official managing school finances" , "School's purser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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