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Irish individual collects yellow source of metal

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ironore

'source of metal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'irish individual collects yellow' is the wordplay.
'irish' becomes 'IR' (abbreviation).
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'collects' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'yellow' becomes 'or' (heraldic term).
'one' going around 'or' is 'onore'.
'ir'+'onore'='IRON-ORE'

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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