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Enthusiast taking in a money expert (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

financier

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'a money expert' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'enthusiast taking in' is the wordplay.
'enthusiast' becomes 'fancier' (synonyms).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'fancier' going around 'in' is 'FINANCIER'.

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(Other definitions for financier that I've seen before include "One handling money" , "Person engaged in large money transactions" , "expert on money matters" , "Manager of large-scale monetary resources" , "Money transactor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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