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Further American profit (5)

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I believe the answer is:

again

'further' is the definition.
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'american profit' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'profit' becomes 'gain' ('gain' can be a synonym of 'profit').
'a'+'gain'='AGAIN'

(Other definitions for again that I've seen before include "second term" , "Repeatedly" , "Predictably perhaps" , "repeat order" , "'Another time, once more (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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