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Earn tons perhaps, getting rich (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

resonant

'rich' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'earn tons perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'earn'+'tons'='earntons'
'earntons' with letters rearranged gives 'RESONANT'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for resonant that I've seen before include "Resounding, ringing" , "Like" , "Deeply sounding" , "Deep, clear and continuing to sound or reverberate" , "Booming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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