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Those wanting money wrong to invest in variable rates (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taxers

'those wanting money' is the definition.
(people who collect taxes)

'wrong to invest in variable rates' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'x' (X is used to mark something as incorrect).
'to invest in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'variable' indicates anagramming the letters (a varied form of the letters).
'rates' is an anagram of 'taers'.
'x' inserted inside 'taers' is 'TAXERS'.

(Another definition for taxers that I've seen is " Extras for duty imposers".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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