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Price of silence? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hush money

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'price of silence?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'silence?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'silence?' could be 'hush' ('hush' can be a synonym of 'silence') and 'hush' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'money' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hush money that I've seen before include "Payment to keep another silent" , "sweetener" , "Price of silence" , "Payment to ensure silence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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