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He's relatively willing to lend you money (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncle

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'he's relatively willing to lend' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'money' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'money' could be 'l' (L can mean 'pounds') and 'l' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'unce' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'you' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for uncle that I've seen before include "Dad's brother" , "one who's taken the pledge" , "For example, Tom Cobbleigh" , "Family relative" , "Law enforcement body" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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