Spendthrift pair involved with gold (8)

I believe the answer is:

prodigal

'spendthrift' is the definition.
(I know that spendthrift can be written as prodigal)

'pair involved with gold' is the wordplay.
'involved with' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'pair' with its letters anagrammed with 'gold' can make 'PRODIGAL'.

(Other definitions for prodigal that I've seen before include "Wasting money" , "Extravagant like Biblical son" , "reckless" , "Improvident" , "Squandering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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