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Chap getting £1 for a song (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lied

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'a song' is the definition.
(type of German song)

'chap getting ps1' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'psl' becomes 'li' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ed' after 'li' is 'LIED'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lied that I've seen before include "German art song" , "Produced pork pie" , "Deceived with words" , "Song in Berlin" , "Did not speak the truth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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