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Old Tory makes money in audio books (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

major prophets

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'money in audio books' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'old tory' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'tory' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'makes' is the link.

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