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It means a lot (7)

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million

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'it' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a lot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'lot' could be 'ill' (ill is a kind of lot) and 'ill' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'means' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for million that I've seen before include "A power of 1 Down" , "Ten to the power of six" , "Large number" , "What mega means" , "1,000,000" .)

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