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You duck out to Central Bank for money in Beijing? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yuan

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'money in beijing?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'you duck out to central bank' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'to central bank' becomes 'an' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'you' with 'o' taken out is 'yu'.
'yu'+'an'='YUAN'

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for yuan that I've seen before include "Income in Shanghai" , "Chinese currency unit" , "foreign currency" , "money abroad" , "Chinese money" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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