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Silver coin and money supply in kingdom (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realm

'kingdom' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'silver coin and money supply' is the wordplay.
'silver coin' becomes 'real' (Spanish real**).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money supply' becomes 'm' (economics abbreviation).
'real'+'m'='REALM'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for realm that I've seen before include "Kingdom could be lamer" , "King's domain" , "Land under a king or queen" , "Kingdom; field of interest" , "monarch's responsibility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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