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Hold that Nat gets agitated when there's money around (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contain

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'hold' is the definition.
(I know that hold can be written as contain)

'nat gets agitated when there's money around' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'nat' is 'nta' which is present in the answer.
'there's' could be 'n' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'money' could be 'c' and 'c' is located in the answer.
'around' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for contain that I've seen before include "Control, restrain" , "Carry" , "Hold within, suppress (7)" , "Accommodate" , "Enclose" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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