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Money from toads curse protects (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banknote

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'money' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'toads curse protects' is the wordplay.
'toads' becomes 'knot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'curse' becomes 'bane' (synonyms).
'protects' indicates putting letters inside (outer letters protect inside letters).
'knot' inserted into 'bane' is 'BANKNOTE'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for banknote that I've seen before include "Paper cash" , "Monetary quantity" , "Money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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