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Foreign aid sent as an alternative (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instead

'as an alternative' is the definition.
('instead' can be a synonym of 'as an alternative')

'foreign aid sent' is the wordplay.
'foreign' indicates an anagram (foreign order of the letters).
'aid'+'sent'='aidsent'
'aidsent' with letters rearranged gives 'INSTEAD'.

(Other definitions for instead that I've seen before include "In lieu" , "Stained (anag)" , "In place (of)" , "for a change" , "as an alternative option" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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