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Zulu editing You Only Live Twice initially gets money (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zloty

'money' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Polish money ' mean 'zloty' so perhaps 'money' could also mean 'zloty')

'zulu editing you only live twice initially' is the wordplay.
'zulu' becomes 'z' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'editing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'you only live twice' is 'yolt'.
'yolt' anagrammed gives 'loty'.
'z'+'loty'='ZLOTY'

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for zloty that I've seen before include "Polish unit of currency" , "Currency of Poland" , "Polish money" , "Polish monetary unit" , "Monetary unit in Poland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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