Making a killing in America in the near future? (6)
I believe the answer is:
offing
'the near future?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'making a killing in america' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offing that I've seen before include "In the -- means likely to happen soon" , "Sea within view of shore" , "Sea visible from shore" , "Topping'" , "In the - - : in sight, expected" .)