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Defeated in Afghanistan, Rodney starts to make money in Iraq (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dinar

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

'defeated in afghanistan rodney starts to' is the wordplay.
'defeated' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'afghanistan rodney' is 'ar'.
'd'+'in'+'ar'='DINAR'

'make' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dinar that I've seen before include "Iraqi CURRENCY" , "Basic monetary unit of several North African and Middle East countries" , "Currency of several Arab states" , "Yugoslav currency" , "Currency of several Arab countries" .)

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