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Gold put in stove makes coin (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agora

'coin' is the definition.
(type of Israeli coin)

'gold put in stove' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'put in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stove' becomes 'aga' (I've seen this before).
'or' put inside 'aga' is 'AGORA'.

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for agora that I've seen before include "Ancient Greek assembly place" , "(Many-headed) monster" , "where Greek characters assembled" , "Ancient Greek marketplace or assembly area" , "Place to gather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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