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Temptation to snort cocaine for money (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lucre

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'for money' is the definition.
(lucre is a kind of money)

'temptation to snort cocaine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'cocaine' could be 'c' (drugs abbreviation) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'temptation' could be 'lure' (lure is a kind of temptation) and 'lure' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lucre that I've seen before include "Cruel kind of money, may be filthy" , "Ill-gotten riches" , "monetary gain" , "Scornful word for money that may be 1 Across" , "Cash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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