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Concerning money from the near past (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recent

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'the near past' is the definition.
'recent' can be an answer for 'past' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'the near' bit.

'concerning money' is the wordplay.
'concerning' becomes 're' (both can mean on a particular topic).
'money' becomes 'cent' (eg denomination of dollars).
're'+'cent'='RECENT'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for recent that I've seen before include "In the near past, not long ago" , "Occurring not long ago" , "Latter-day" , "Not long ago, quuite new" , "Contemporary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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