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Longing for money from abroad (3)

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I believe the answer is:

yen

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'longing for' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Unit of money in Japan" , "Itch, craving" , "Japanese unit of money" , "Urge" , "Intense longing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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