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Model and artist turned up to make a bit of money (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dollar

'a bit of money' is the definition.

'model and artist turned up' is the wordplay.
'model' becomes 'doll'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ra' backwards is 'ar'.
'doll'+'ar'='DOLLAR'

'to make' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dollar that I've seen before include "Greenback; buck" , "Economic factors deployed as 'soft power'" , "100 cents" , "Standard monetary unit of many countries" , "US monetary unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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