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Save up four euros to be non-committal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evasive

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'non-committal' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'save up four euros' is the wordplay.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'four' becomes 'IV' (Roman numerals).
'euros' becomes 'E'.
'save' back-to-front is 'evas'.
'evas'+'iv'+'e'='EVASIVE'

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for evasive that I've seen before include "Deliberately vague" , "make out-of-the-way sort of action" , "Not frank, shifty" , "Avoiding answering" , "Trying to avoid commitment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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