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Money, we hear, for a female deer (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doe

'a female deer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'money we hear' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'dough' (dough can informally mean money).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'dough' sounds like 'DOE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for doe that I've seen before include "Animal" , "Mummy rabbit" , "She eats vegetarian food" , "Female kangaroo" , "Feminine counterpart of stag" .)

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