Local man and wife lay out money for children, as before (6,9)
I believe the answer is:
family allowance
'money for children as before' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'local man and wife lay out' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'local'+'man'+'wife'+'lay'='localmanwifelay'
'localmanwifelay' anagrammed gives 'FAMILY ALLOWANCE'.
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