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Liar shocked about year one's spent in Doha (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

riyal

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'one's spent in doha' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'liar shocked about year' is the wordplay.
'shocked' indicates an anagram (letters are shocked or disrupted).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'liar' with letters rearranged gives 'rial'.
'rial' enclosing 'y' is 'RIYAL'.

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(Other definitions for riyal that I've seen before include "Monetary unit of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen" , "foreign cash" , "Saudi currency" , "money for Saudis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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