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Haphazardly deploy money to split atom (2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

at random

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'haphazardly' is the definition.
(I know that haphazardly can be written as at random)

'money to split atom' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'rand' (currency of South Africa).
'to split' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters split a word into two).
'rand' going within 'atom' is 'AT RANDOM'.

'deploy' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for at random that I've seen before include "Casually" , "without prior arrangement" , "without purpose" , "In no prearranged order" , "Haphazard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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