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HMRC device seeing dodge after unknown amount slipped into bill (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tax bracket

'hmrc device' is the definition.

'dodge after unknown amount slipped into bill' is the wordplay.
'dodge' becomes 'racket'.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'unknown amount' becomes 'x' (algebra).
'slipped into' indicates putting letters inside.
'bill' becomes 'tab' (tab is a kind of bill).
'x' going inside 'tab' is 'taxb'.
'racket' after 'taxb' is 'TAX BRACKET'.

'seeing' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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