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Stately blonde is rumpled and penniless (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noble

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'stately' is the definition.
(I know that stately can be written as noble)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

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(Other definitions for noble that I've seen before include "aristocrat, maybe" , "Honourable or of high rank" , "Possibly count" , "Stately" , "Maybe count" .)

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