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Perfume obtained with small coin (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scent

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'perfume' is the definition.
(I know that perfume can be written as scent)

'with small coin' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'coin' becomes 'cent' (cent is a kind of coin).
's' next to 'cent' is 'SCENT'.

'obtained' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for scent that I've seen before include "Fragrance" , "Get wind of" , "Distinctive smell" , "Clue" , "Pleasant smell" .)

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