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Money taken from chapel funds (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pelf

'money' is the definition.
(pelf is a kind of money)

'taken from chapel funds' is the wordplay.
'taken from' indicates a hidden word.
'PELF' is hidden in the letters of 'chapel funds'.

(Other definitions for pelf that I've seen before include "Money" , "Lolly" , "ill-gotten gains" , "Lucre" , "Contemptuous expression for wealth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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