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Commercial currency exchange is slow (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adagio

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'is slow' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'commercial currency exchange' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'currency exchange' becomes 'agio' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ad'+'agio'='ADAGIO'

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(Other definitions for adagio that I've seen before include "(Piece to be played) slowly" , "Slow musical passage" , "Slow piece of music" , "Movement in slow time" , "Slow and graceful, musically" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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