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Charge arising from many a nasty bite! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debit

'charge' is the definition.
(I know that charge is a more specific form of the action debit)

'many a nasty bite' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for 500).
'a nasty' indicates anagramming the letters (a nasty or wrong spelling).
'bite' with letters rearranged gives 'ebit'.
'd'+'ebit'='DEBIT'

'arising from' is the link.

(Other definitions for debit that I've seen before include "Accounting entry showing sums owing" , "Charge" , "Opposite of credit" , "Record of a sum owed" , "Deduct from account" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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