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Single advance of funds, we hear (4)

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lone

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(Other definitions for lone that I've seen before include "Solitary, sounds like advance" , "Single and isolated" , "Companionless" , "Solitary, without companions" , "The ... Ranger, fictional masked cowboy" .)

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