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Cultivated a desire for cash (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

readies

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

'cultivated a desire' is the wordplay.
'cultivated' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'desire'='adesire'
'adesire' anagrammed gives 'READIES'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for readies that I've seen before include "money" , "Cash -- a desire (anag)" , "Bank notes" , "The - - : cash (sl.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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