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Perhaps a little Abyssinian pot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kitty

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'pot' is the definition.
(both can mean a fund)

'perhaps a little abyssinian' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'perhaps' could be 'y' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'y' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kitt' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for kitty that I've seen before include "Pot of money" , "Girl's name -- pooled money" , "Communal funds" , "Common pool of money" , "Collection of money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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