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Penny-pinching ... or a three-part hint to two outer and two inner letters of each starred clue's answer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stingy

(Other definitions for stingy that I've seen before include "Parsimonious like nettle?" , "Mean, ungenerous" , "reluctant to spend money" , "'Mean, miserly (6)'" , "Small" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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