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Of money, cheat with a cry of distaste (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dough

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'of money' is the definition.
'dough' can be an answer for 'money' (dough is a kind of money). I'm not sure about the 'of' bit.

'cheat with a cry of distaste' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'do'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a cry of distaste' becomes 'ugh' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'do'+'ugh'='DOUGH'

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(Other definitions for dough that I've seen before include "Moistened flour" , "Flour and water mix; money" , "Money (slang)" , "Paste; money" , "Bread mixture; money" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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