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Thrilled about ten-cent deposit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sediment

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'deposit' is the definition.
(I know that deposit can be written as sediment)

'thrilled about ten-cent' is the wordplay.
'thrilled' becomes 'sent' (send can mean to thrill or excite).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'ten cent' becomes 'dime' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sent' placed around 'dime' is 'SEDIMENT'.

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(Other definitions for sediment that I've seen before include "Lees" , "Dregs; deposit" , "End times (anag)" , "I'm nested in mud" , "Grounds - debris" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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