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Large bundle of money required by court, reportedly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bale

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'large bundle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'money required by court reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'money' could be 'l' (L can mean 'pounds') and 'l' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bae' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bale that I've seen before include "(Make into a) bundle of hay" , "Bound bundle" , "Bundle (of hay, say)" , "Parcel" , "Group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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