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Satire sure amiss in vaults (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treasuries

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'vaults' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'satire sure amiss' is the wordplay.
'amiss' is an anagram indicator.
'satire'+'sure'='satiresure'
'satiresure' anagrammed gives 'TREASURIES'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for treasuries that I've seen is " Financial authorities".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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