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Young winger, on the fringes for City, getting rise of ten grand (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cygnet

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'young winger on the fringes' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'city getting rise of ten grand' is the wordplay.
'city getting' becomes 'cy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rise of' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'grand' becomes 'g' ('G' can be a synonym of 'grand').
'ten'+'g'='teng'
'teng' in reverse letter order is 'gnet'.
'cy'+'gnet'='CYGNET'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cygnet that I've seen before include "Young bird of a particular type" , "Aquatic creature" , "Little swan" , "Young water-bird" , "Youthful swan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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