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Hoskins must tuck into a shot for a fee (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agio

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'fee' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'hoskins must tuck into a shot for a' is the wordplay.
'hoskins' becomes 'I' (where the crossword setter is 'Hoskins').
'must tuck into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a shot' becomes 'go' (both can mean an attempt).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'i' going within 'go' is 'gio'.
'gio' put after 'a' is 'AGIO'.

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(Other definitions for agio that I've seen before include "Money-changing" , "charge when money changes hands" , "Sum payable" , "Transfer fee" , "End of bureau de change" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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