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Philosopher to supply with money around midnight (5)

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hegel

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'philosopher' is the definition.
(German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)

'with money around midnight' is the wordplay.
'with money' becomes 'heel' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'midnight' becomes 'g' (the middle letter in 'night').
'heel' placed around 'g' is 'HEGEL'.

'to supply' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hegel that I've seen before include "German philosopher, d. 1831" , "German 'dialectic' philosopher" , "Georg Wilhelm ---, Ger. philosopher" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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