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Regular payment in post, including gratuity (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stipend

'regular payment' is the definition.
(stipend is a kind of regular payment)

'post including gratuity' is the wordplay.
'post' becomes 'send' ('send' can be a synonym of 'post'**).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'gratuity' becomes 'tip' ('tip' can be a synonym of 'gratuity').
'send' enclosing 'tip' is 'STIPEND'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for stipend that I've seen before include "Official income of Protestant clergyman" , "Salary, allowance" , "Minister's salary" , "Periodical allowance" , "Regular money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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