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Give money back to travelling salesman, certainly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repay

'give money back' is the definition.

'travelling salesman certainly' is the wordplay.
'travelling salesman' becomes 'rep' (I've seen this before).
'certainly' becomes 'ay' (variant spelling of 'aye').
'rep'+'ay'='REPAY'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for repay that I've seen before include "recompense" , "Do or give in return" , "Reimburse" , "Quite old" , "Return money borrowed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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