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Oddball caught with little money in Morecambe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eccentric

'oddball' is the definition.
('eccentric' can be a synonym of 'oddball')

'caught with little money in morecambe' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little money' becomes 'cent' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'morecambe' becomes 'eric' (I've seen this in other clues).
'c'+'cent'='ccent'
'ccent' inserted within 'eric' is 'ECCENTRIC'.

(Other definitions for eccentric that I've seen before include "Unconventional type" , "Crank" , "Unconventionally strange" , "Weird" , "Nut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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