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Kip used to pass the hat around at financial centre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catnap

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'kip' is the definition.
(I know that catnap has the is a more specific form of the action kip)

'hat around at financial centre' is the wordplay.
'hat' becomes 'cap' (cap is a type of hat).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'centre' says to take the centre.
The middle letter of 'financial' is 'n'.
'at'+'n'='atn'
'cap' enclosing 'atn' is 'CATNAP'.

'used to pass the' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for catnap that I've seen before include "Drop off" , "(Tom's) snooze?" , "Brief time out" , "Kip" , "Short sleep" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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