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Excitement of 60 minutes inside where money is kept (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thrill

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'excitement' is the definition.
(thrill is a kind of excitement)

'60 minutes inside where money is kept' is the wordplay.
'60 minutes' becomes 'hr' (synonyms).
'inside where' becomes 'til' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'money' becomes 'l' (L can mean 'pounds').
'is kept' is an insertion indicator.
'til'+'l'='till'
'hr' put within 'till' is 'THRILL'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thrill that I've seen before include "Almost pleasant sensation of fright" , "Excited sensation" , "Excited feeling" , "Tingling feeling of excitement" , "Exhilarate, excite" .)

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