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Old pawnbroker shedding pound in weight (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ounce

'weight' is the definition.
(ounce is a kind of weight)

'old pawnbroker shedding pound' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'pawnbroker' becomes 'uncle' (old-fashioned term for a pawnbroker).
'shedding' is a deletion indicator.
'pound' becomes 'l'.
'uncle' with 'l' taken out is 'unce'.
'o'+'unce'='OUNCE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ounce that I've seen before include "Unit of weight; cat" , "Small quantity - weight" , "Small quantity - snow leopard" , "Large cat" , "one of sixteen in a pound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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