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Calf is mad about money (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiscal

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'calf is mad about money' is the definition.
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'calf is mad' is the wordplay.
'mad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'calf'+'is'='calfis'
'calfis' anagrammed gives 'FISCAL'.

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(Other definitions for fiscal that I've seen before include "Relating to government revenue" , "Relating to taxes" , "dealing with tax" , "Such a drag" , "Budgetary" .)

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