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Relative has rung the girl about money (10)

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I believe the answer is:

stepfather

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'girl about money' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'relative has rung' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'father' (father is a kind of relative).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rung' becomes 'step' (I've seen this before).
'father' after 'step' is 'STEPFATHER'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stepfather that I've seen before include "alternative pop" , "replacing old man" , "mater's new chap?" , "not original pop?" .)

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