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Only half the loot hidden by a boy? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

booty

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'only half the loot hidden by a boy?' is the definition.
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'half the loot hidden by a boy?' is the wordplay.
'half the' indicates taking half.
'hidden by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (the outside letters hide the inside ones).
'a boy?' becomes 'boy' ().
'loot' halved is 'ot'.
'ot' put inside 'boy' is 'BOOTY'.

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(Other definitions for booty that I've seen before include "Loot" , "Valuable stolen goods" , "Ill-gotten gains" , "Spoil - plunder" , "Money holder" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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