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Luxury commodity brought only if there’s money over (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cashmere

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'luxury commodity' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'only if there's money over' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'only' could be 'mere' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'mere' is found in the answer.
'money' could be 'cash' (cash is a type of money) and 'cash' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'brought' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cashmere that I've seen before include "Expensive material" , "Product of fleecing operation" , "fine cloth" , "A schemer in expensive wool" , "High-quality wool" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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