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Graduates collect ten grand for green fuel (6)

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I believe the answer is:

biogas

'green fuel' is the definition.
(renewable energy source)

'graduates collect ten grand' is the wordplay.
'graduates' becomes 'BAs' (people with Bachelor of Arts degrees).
'collect' is an insertion indicator.
'ten' becomes 'io' (IO resembles 10).
'grand' becomes 'G' (G is short for ground as in a thousand).
'io'+'g'='iog'
'bas' going around 'iog' is 'BIOGAS'.

'for' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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