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Discovered nothing in kitty (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

found

'discovered' is the definition.
(to discover is to find)

'nothing in kitty' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'kitty' becomes 'fund' (fund or money for a particular purpose).
'o' put within 'fund' is 'FOUND'.

(Other definitions for found that I've seen before include "Start" , "Establish" , "Launch" , "To bring into being; cast" , "Discovered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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