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Brought up cash for speaker? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bred

'brought up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cash for speaker?' is the wordplay.
'cash' becomes 'bread'.
'for speaker?' shows a homophone (sound like) (I've seen 'for speaker' mean this).
'bread' sounds like 'BRED'.

(Other definitions for bred that I've seen before include "Brought up (to behave in particular way)" , "Multiplied" , "Procreated" , "Brought forth" , "Produced offspring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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