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Temptation to clean out account with purchase (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attraction

'temptation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'clean out account with purchase' is the wordplay.
'clean out' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'cleaned out' mean this).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'purchase' becomes 'traction' (as in grip on a surface).
'account' with its middle removed is 'at'.
'at'+'traction'='ATTRACTION'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for attraction that I've seen before include "Draw, allure" , "Something that draws visitors" , "Appeal" , "Drawing power" , "Magnetic force" .)

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