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Money returned on explosive component (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nitre

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

'money returned on' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'tin' (old-fashioned slang term for money).
'returned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'tin' reversed gives 'nit'.
'nit'+'re'='NITRE'

(Other definitions for nitre that I've seen before include "what goes into bangers" , "explosive producer?" , "Otherwise saltpetre" , "Sodium nitrate" , "A part of fertilizer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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