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Measure of silver included in ready change (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yardage

'measure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'silver included in ready change' is the wordplay.
'silver' becomes 'ag' ('Ag' can be a synonym of 'silver').
'included in' indicates putting letters inside.
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'ready' anagrammed gives 'yarde'.
'ag' put within 'yarde' is 'YARDAGE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for yardage that I've seen before include "Distance measured in imperial units" , "Distance covered" , "Golf or American Football statistic" , "Distance sometimes measured in paces" , "Distance (eg in golf)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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