Money provided to smuggle dope in compact mountain range (6)
I believe the answer is:
massif
'mountain range' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'money provided to smuggle dope' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation in economics).
'provided' becomes 'if'.
'to smuggle' means one lot of letters goes inside another (smuggle can mean to secretly carry).
'dope' becomes 'ass'.
'm'+'if'='mif'
'mif' placed around 'ass' is 'MASSIF'.
'in compact' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for massif that I've seen before include "IMF ass found on mountainous plateau" , "High points" , "huge piece of crust" , "French mountain range" , "Central mountain mass" .)