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Teach eggheads to go without old money (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

educate

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'teach' is the definition.
(to teach someone is to educate them)

'eggheads to go without old money' is the wordplay.
'eggheads' becomes 'ee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to go without' indicates putting letters inside.
'old money' becomes 'ducat' (historical type of coin).
'ee' placed around 'ducat' is 'EDUCATE'.

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(Other definitions for educate that I've seen before include "what teacher should do, to be effective" , "Teach - instruct" , "Impart learning" , "Team" , "teaching style" .)

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