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Stakes belonging to Elizabeth? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bets

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'stakes' is the definition.
('bet' can be a synonym of 'stake')

'belonging to elizabeth?' is the wordplay.
'belonging' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'elizabeth?' becomes 'bet' (I've seen this in other clues).
's' put after 'bet' is 'BETS'.

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(Other definitions for bets that I've seen before include "plays" , "Wagers" , "Makes wager" , "Gambles" , "Wager, stake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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