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The necessary goodness in stuffing ingredient (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breadcrumbs

'stuffing ingredient' is the definition.
(stuffing contains breadcrumbs)

'the necessary goodness' is the wordplay.
'the necessary' becomes 'bread' (both can informally mean money).
'goodness' becomes 'crumbs' (interjection).
'bread'+'crumbs'='BREADCRUMBS'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for breadcrumbs that I've seen is " Fragments of loaf".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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