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Want desperately to divide stake that moneylender provided (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pawn ticket

'that moneylender provided' is the definition.
(ticket given by a pawnbroker)

'want desperately to divide stake' is the wordplay.
'desperately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to divide' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters create a division in others).
'stake' becomes 'picket' (both can mean a post).
'want' anagrammed gives 'awnt'.
'awnt' inserted into 'picket' is 'PAWN TICKET'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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