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Hemp is a pound on Sunday! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sisal

'hemp' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'is a pound on sunday' is the wordplay.
'pound' becomes 'l'.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'is'+'a'+'l'='isal'
'isal' put after 's' is 'SISAL'.

(Other definitions for sisal that I've seen before include "Plant fibre used for ropes" , "Natural fibre" , "Hemp fibre" , "Type of fibre" , "Plant yielding rope fibre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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