She hasn't much money (5)

I believe the answer is:

penny

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'money' is the definition.

'she hasn't much' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'Pen'.
'hasn't much' becomes 'ny' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pen'+'ny'='PENNY'

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(Other definitions for penny that I've seen before include "coin, decimal with 1a [NEW]" , "1p" , "Coin - girl's name" , "The price of a thought" , "one might drop" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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