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School to listen to money-lender (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shark

'money-lender' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'school to listen' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'S'.
'to listen' becomes 'hark' (harking is a kind of listening).
's'+'hark'='SHARK'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shark that I've seen before include "Predatory creature" , "Predatory fish (or person?)" , "Ferociously predatory fish" , "(Fishy) extortionist" , "Unscrupulous greedy person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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