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She will shortly give out the money (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shell

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'out the money' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'she will shortly' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'shel' ().
'shortly' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'will' is 'l'.
'shel'+'l'='SHELL'

'give' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shell that I've seen before include "attack with bombs" , "Walls of gutted building" , "Hard outer case" , "Mollusc's protection" , "layer of jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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