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In short, she has very little money (5)

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I believe the answer is:

penny

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'little money' is the definition.
(small amount of money)

'in short she has' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'she' could be 'pen' and 'pen' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ny' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'very' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for penny that I've seen before include "Girl" , "Lancaster" , "p; small coin" , "The price of a thought" , "1p" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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