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Give Knight money to report on a harness racer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pacer

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'a harness racer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'give knight money to report' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'money' could be 'p' and 'p' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'acer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pacer that I've seen before include "Competitor" , "Racehorse" , "Horse; one setting speed" , "One who sets the running speed; horse" , "setting the rate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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