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Open secret, key for computer is not in the office of bank (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salt away

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'bank' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'open secret key for computer is not in' is the wordplay.
'open secret key for computer' becomes 'salt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is not in' becomes 'away' (I've seen this before).
'salt'+'away'='SALT AWAY'

'the office of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for salt away that I've seen before include "Put aside" , "principle of low-sodium diet?" , "Store" , "Save" , "set aside" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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