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Sift through leftovers with a thousand dollar rake (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glean

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'sift through leftovers' is the definition.
'glean' can be an answer for 'sift' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'through leftovers' bit.

'with a thousand dollar rake' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'thousand dollar rake' becomes 'glen' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a' placed within 'glen' is 'GLEAN'.

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(Other definitions for glean that I've seen before include "Gather, pick up" , "Gradually put together" , "Collect gradually (from various sources)" , "Learn by gathering bits" , "Pull together from various sources" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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