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Clarify the chance of being fined a quarter of a Euro (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

define

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'clarify' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'chance of being fined a quarter of a euro' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'fined' is 'defin' which is located in the answer.
'quarter' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
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(Other definitions for define that I've seen before include "State the meaning of" , "Fix the meaning of" , "Specify" , "Explain the meaning of a word" , "Give the meaning or mark the limits of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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