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Reportedly a remarkable amount of money (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sum

'amount of money' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'reportedly a remarkable' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'a remarkable' becomes 'some' (that's some car you've got!).
'some' sounds like 'SUM'.

(Other definitions for sum that I've seen before include "An additional problem" , "Quantity of money" , "See 25" , "pupils find it a problem" , "Amount, aggregate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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