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Money has a name for self-punishment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penance

'self-punishment' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'money has a name' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'pence' (I've seen this before).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'a'+'n'='an'
'pence' placed around 'an' is 'PENANCE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for penance that I've seen before include "Act of atonement" , "sackcloth and ashes?" , "Remorse" , "sacrament" , "act of expiation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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