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Commission made gains and raked in the dollars (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assign

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'commission' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'gains and raked in the dollars' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'dollars' could be 'ss' (two S's - S resembles the dollar symbol) and 'ss' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'made' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for assign that I've seen before include "Appoint to a duty" , "Transfer (legal rights)" , "Allocate or transfer" , "Give a task to" , "Attribute" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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