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One near Conservative girl raking in large amount (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheapskate

'one near' is the definition.
(someone who is near - near can mean miserly)

'conservative girl raking in large amount' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'girl' becomes 'kate' (girl's name).
'raking in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'large amount' becomes 'heaps' (heaps of something means a large amount).
'c'+'kate'='ckate'
'ckate' enclosing 'heaps' is 'CHEAPSKATE'.

(Other definitions for cheapskate that I've seen before include "ungenerous person" , "he won't pay the going rate" , "One's tight" , "Scrooge" , "Tightwad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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