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Person having very little money left (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soul

'person' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'very little money left' is the wordplay.
'very little money' becomes 'sou' (I've seen this before).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'sou'+'l'='SOUL'

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for soul that I've seen before include "Essence" , "Spirit, inner self" , "Glaser's partner" , "Essential part" , "Deep feeling - music genre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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