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They allow initial access to money store (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atms

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'they allow' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'initial access to money store' is the wordplay.
'initial' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'access to money store' is 'ATMS'.

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