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Pink room used to store money (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salmon

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'pink' is the definition.
(I know that salmon is a type of pink)

'room used to store money' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'money' could be 'm' (abbreviation in economics) and 'm' is found in the answer.
'room' could be 'salon' (salon is a kind of room) and 'salon' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for salmon that I've seen before include "Fish; pink colour" , "Pink-fleshed fish" , "pink-orange in colour" , "Legendary fish of knowledge" , "Freshwater fish; colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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