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Long to get the bit of money you deserve (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yearn

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'long' is the definition.
(I know that long can be written as yearn)

'get the bit of money you deserve' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the bit of money you' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'deserve' becomes 'earn' (I've seen this before).
'y' put next to 'earn' is 'YEARN'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for yearn that I've seen before include "Have strong desire" , "Mark of injury" , "Feel desire" , "Hanker" , "Desire strongly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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