Mother married twice running - it's the money that's tempting (6)

I believe the answer is:

mammon

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'the money that's tempting' is the definition.
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'mother married twice running' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'twice' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'running' becomes 'on' (eg when a machine is running it is on).
'm' doubled is 'mm'.
'ma'+'mm'+'on'='MAMMON'

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mammon that I've seen before include "Bible 'You cannot serve God and . . . . . .'" , "money" , "Wealth (worshipped)" , "Greed personified" , "Wealth as an object of worship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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