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Everybody in staff raised money (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dollar

'money' is the definition.
(US currency)

'everybody in staff raised' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (all people).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'staff' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a pole or stick).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'all' going inside 'rod' is 'rallod'.
'rallod' in reverse letter order is 'DOLLAR'.

(Other definitions for dollar that I've seen before include "One hundred cents" , "100 cents" , "The almighty currency, a buck" , "Foreign currency" , "Standard monetary unit of many countries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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