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Separate credits planned before end of June (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discrete

'separate' is the definition.
('discrete' can be similar in meaning to 'separate')

'credits planned before end of june' is the wordplay.
'planned' is an anagram indicator.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'june' is 'e'.
'credits' is an anagram of 'discret'.
'discret'+'e'='DISCRETE'

(Other definitions for discrete that I've seen before include "Individually separate and distinct" , "Individually distinct, discontinuous" , "Separated" , "Unattached" , "Individual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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