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English not serious about working and saving money (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

economic

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'saving money' is the definition.

'english not serious about working' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'not serious' becomes 'comic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'comic' placed around 'on' is 'conomic'.
'e'+'conomic'='ECONOMIC'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for economic that I've seen before include "Inexpensive" , "Relating ot the management of wealth" , "Likely to bring a profit" , "One comic (anag)" , "Comic one giving a good return for money laid out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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