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Monkey endlessly makes a racket (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scam

'a racket' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'monkey endlessly' is the wordplay.
'monkey' becomes 'scamp' ('scamp' can be a synonym of 'monkey').
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'scamp' with its last letter taken away is 'SCAM'.

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scam that I've seen before include "Con trick" , "Swindle (sl.)" , "Swindle (Slang)" , "A modern kind of swindle" , "ploy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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