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Pick up £1,000 tip (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glean

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'pick up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ps1000 tip' is the wordplay.
'psg000' becomes 'g' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tip' becomes 'lean' (synonyms).
'g'+'lean'='GLEAN'

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(Other definitions for glean that I've seen before include "Gather after reaping" , "Reap as harvest" , "Angel (anag.)" , "Gather (after reapers)" , "Gather; collect gradually" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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