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She robs a male of money! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mae

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'she' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'robs a male of money' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'male' could be 'm' (common abbreviation) and 'm' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for mae that I've seen before include "Woman" , "- West, US film actress" , "-- West, C-twenty actress" , "- - West, life-jacket" , "- - West, movie vamp" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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