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Having scrounged, go spend liberally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sponged

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'having scrounged' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'go spend liberally' is the wordplay.
'liberally' is an anagram indicator.
'go'+'spend'='gospend'
'gospend' anagrammed gives 'SPONGED'.

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(Another definition for sponged that I've seen is " Cadged".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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