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Born with minimum of dosh in poverty (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

need

'poverty' is the definition.
(I know that need is a type of poverty)

'born with minimum of dosh' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'nee' ('nee' is 'born' in French).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'minimum of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'dosh' is 'd'.
'nee'+'d'='NEED'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for need that I've seen before include "Lack - demand" , "Distressful situation" , "Necessitate" , "Want - require(ment)" , "Necessity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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