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Rudimentary amount of money? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dime

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'money?' is the definition.

'rudimentary amount' is the wordplay.
'rudimentary' becomes 'dim' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'amount' becomes 'e' (e is a kind of amount).
'dim'+'e'='DIME'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dime that I've seen before include "US ten cent coin" , "Ten cents in USA" , "US 10 cent coin" , "Ten cents piece" , "Small American coin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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