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Football club has managed to save money in Switzerland? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

franc

'money in switzerland?' is the definition.
(the currency of Switzerland is the Swiss franc)

'football club has managed' is the wordplay.
'football club' becomes 'fc'.
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'fc' placed around 'ran' is 'FRANC'.

'to save' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for franc that I've seen before include "I'm accepted in Basle" , "Ex-Gallic coin" , "Foreign currency" , "Historic currency" , "Swiss coin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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