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Crank primarily collects money in Morecambe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eccentric

'crank' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'primarily collects money in morecambe' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
'money' becomes 'cent' (I've seen this before**).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'morecambe' becomes 'eric' (I've seen this in other clues).
The initial letter of 'collects' is 'c'.
'c'+'cent'='ccent'
'ccent' placed within 'eric' is 'ECCENTRIC'.

(Other definitions for eccentric that I've seen before include "Odd - nuts" , "Unconventional type" , "cam" , "Unconventional in appearance or behaviour" , "Given to odd behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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