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Man has no time for cheapskate (5)

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I believe the answer is:

miser

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'cheapskate' is the definition.
(cheapskate can mean a miserly person)

'man has no time' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man').
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'no time' becomes 'mise' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' put after 'mise' is 'MISER'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for miser that I've seen before include "Person who hoards money" , "Mean-minded type" , "One such as Scrooge" , "One hoarding money" , "Hoarder of money and possessions" .)

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