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There's plenty of money in ceramics (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pots

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'money in ceramics' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'there's plenty of' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'pts' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for pots that I've seen before include "Gets (a ball) into pocket" , "Cooking utensils" , "Containers; oodles" , "earthenware here" , "Stop (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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