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Range in figures under a pound (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apennines

'range' is the definition.
(Apennines is an example)

'figures under a pound' is the wordplay.
'figures' becomes 'nines'.
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'pound' becomes 'pen' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'pen'='apen'
'nines' put after 'apen' is 'APENNINES'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apennines that I've seen before include "Italian mountain range" , "Italian mountains" , "Great mountain range in Italy (9)" , "European range" , "Italian mountain chain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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