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Monk in retreat accepting gold is unconcerned with right or wrong (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amoral

'unconcerned with right or wrong' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'monk in retreat accepting gold' is the wordplay.
'monk' becomes 'lama' (I've seen this before).
'in retreat' says the letters should be written backwards.
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'lama' in reverse letter order is 'amal'.
'amal' going around 'or' is 'AMORAL'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for amoral that I've seen before include "Lacking any ethical sense" , "Without moral standards or principles" , "unconcerned about ethics" , "Having no standards of right or wrong" , "Having no code of ethics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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