Take off money staff brought in (6)
I believe the answer is:
parody
'take off' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'money staff brought in' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'pay' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'staff' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'brought in' indicates putting letters inside.
'pay' going around 'rod' is 'PARODY'.
(Other definitions for parody that I've seen before include "Humorous misrepresentation" , "Exaggerated imitation of a particular genre" , "Make a mockery" , "Satire - burlesque" , "Take off" .)