The old-fashioned way to get money (3)
I believe the answer is:
yen
'money' is the definition.
(Japanese currency)
'the old-fashioned way' is the wordplay.
'the old-fashioned' becomes 'ye' (resembles a historical spelling of 'the').
'way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North).
'ye'+'n'='YEN'
'to get' is the link.
(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Longing, hankering after" , "Long for a coin" , "change in East" , "Intense longing" , "Have a longing for Japanese money?" .)