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A good bit of cash to burn! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gas

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'burn' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how they can define each other.

'a good bit of cash' is the wordplay.
'a good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'bit of cash' becomes 'as' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'g'+'as'='GAS'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gas that I've seen before include "Eg, nitrogen" , "Possibly noble" , "Chat (colloq.)" , "It may be natural" , "Something exciting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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