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Though a pound short, victualler may be making a profit (9)

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lucrative

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(Other definitions for lucrative that I've seen before include "Producing a sizeable profit" , "rewarding" , "Highly profitable" , "Moneymaking" , "Revictual (anag.)" .)

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