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Means of payment most recently in Indian currency, not English (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plastic

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'indian currency not english' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'means of payment most recently in' is the wordplay.
'means of payment' becomes 'pic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'most recently' becomes 'last' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pic' enclosing 'last' is 'PLASTIC'.

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(Other definitions for plastic that I've seen before include "Artificial; easily moulded" , "Fashionable - substitute for wood or metal" , "Ubiquitous synthetic material" , "Pliant" , "Synthetic substance" .)

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