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Vicious for one English bank (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

side

'bank' is the definition.
('side' can be a synonym of 'bank')

'vicious for one english' is the wordplay.
'vicious' becomes 'sid' (Sid Vicious).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'one english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'sid'+'e'='SIDE'

(Other definitions for side that I've seen before include "Face - team" , "English" , "Dies for own team" , "Aspect, sports team" , "Pretentious air" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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