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Crude thug with money (5-3-5)

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I believe the answer is:

rough-and-ready

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

'thug with money' is the wordplay.
'thug' becomes 'rough' (both can mean a violent person).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'money' becomes 'ready' (ready can informally mean cash).
'rough'+'and'+'ready'='ROUGH-AND-READY'

(Other definitions for rough-and-ready that I've seen before include "Crude but effective" , "Hastily prepared, but adequate" , "Crude - unpolished" , "Serving well enough for the task" , "Unrefined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Guardian.
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