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Not much money in bank lately (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recently

'lately' is the definition.
(I know that lately can be written as recently)

'not much money in bank' is the wordplay.
'not much money' becomes 'cent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bank' becomes 'rely' (to bank on something is to rely on it).
'cent' placed within 'rely' is 'RECENTLY'.

(Other definitions for recently that I've seen before include "In the near past" , "Happening not long ago" , "Lately" , "Adverb meaning not long ago" , "Not so long since" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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