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In general, he had both money and love (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

franco

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'in general he had both' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'money and love' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'franc' (I've seen this before).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'franc'+'o'='FRANCO'

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(Other definitions for franco that I've seen before include "Last dictator of Spain" , "Spanish general and dictator" , "General . . . . . . was Spain's last dictator" , "Former Spanish dictator" , "was head of state" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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