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He gets his money always in physical education (5)

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I believe the answer is:

payee

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'he gets his money' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'always in physical education' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'aye' (archaic term for 'always').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'physical education' becomes 'pe'.
'aye' put into 'pe' is 'PAYEE'.

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(Other definitions for payee that I've seen before include "He gets the dough" , "One receiving money" , "To whom cheque is written" , "Recipient of money" , "The one to whom cheque is made out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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