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Prospector finding first prize rigged, sadly (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gold digger

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

'first prize rigged sadly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'gold' (I've seen this before) and 'gold' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'rigged' is 'digger' which is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'finding' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for gold digger that I've seen before include "Woman after a man for his money" , "prospector" , "Woman who forms relationships purely for material gain" , "A miner, forty-niner?" , "Woman after a man's money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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