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Elegant American in final (4)

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I believe the answer is:

neat

'elegant' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'american in final' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'final' becomes 'net' (synonyms).
'a' going within 'net' is 'NEAT'.

(Other definitions for neat that I've seen before include "Elegant - cow (archaic)" , "cow maybe" , "Shipshape" , "Tidy and uncluttered" , "Straight - cool!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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