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Wealth of cane fuel distributed around France (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affluence

'wealth' is the definition.
(affluence is a kind of wealth)

'cane fuel distributed around france' is the wordplay.
'distributed' is an anagram indicator.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'cane'+'fuel'='canefuel'
'canefuel' with letters rearranged gives 'afluence'.
'afluence' placed around 'f' is 'AFFLUENCE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for affluence that I've seen before include "Plenty" , "Fortune" , "being loaded" , "Wealth - abundance" , "Prosperity or wealth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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