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Demanding much in either effort or money (8)

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I believe the answer is:

exacting

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

'either effort or money' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'money' could be 'tin' (old-fashioned slang term for money) and 'tin' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for exacting that I've seen before include "Making great demands like difficult task" , "Requiring great effort - sounds precise" , "Unreasonable in making demands" , "Difficult and onerous" , "Insisting upon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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