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No longer moody dear? (9)

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expensive

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'dear?' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'no longer moody' is the wordplay.
'no longer' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'moody' becomes 'pensive' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ex'+'pensive'='EXPENSIVE'

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(Other definitions for expensive that I've seen before include "Highly-priced" , "Costing a lot of money" , "not going for a song" , "High in price" , "Charging a lot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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