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Expenditure revealed by non-professional (6)

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I believe the answer is:

outlay

'expenditure' is the definition.
('outlay' can be a synonym of 'expenditure')

'revealed by non-professional' is the wordplay.
'revealed' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'non-professional' becomes 'lay' (I've seen this before).
'out'+'lay'='OUTLAY'

(Other definitions for outlay that I've seen before include "Initial expense" , "What it costs" , "Expenditure on something" , "Disbursement" , "Amount of money spent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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