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£500 to trade in mischief (6,8)

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I believe the answer is:

monkey business

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'mischief' is the definition.
(I know that monkey business is a type of mischief)

'ps500 to trade' is the wordplay.
'pse00' becomes 'monkey' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to trade' becomes 'business' (I've seen this before).
'monkey'+'business'='MONKEY BUSINESS'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for monkey business that I've seen before include "larking about" , "Marx Brothers film" , "Mischievous behaviour" , "fiddle" , "may be amusingly projected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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