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Banks long-term capital gain for Big Cat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lion

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'for big cat' is the definition.
(lion is a kind of big cat)

'banks long-term capital gain' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'long' could be 'l' and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ion' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lion that I've seen before include "Buddhist scripture; Sanskrit rule" , "Cat, the king of the beasts" , "Wild cat" , "Big cat with pride" , "Courageous person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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