Crossword Genius

See the attraction about money (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lucre

'money' is the definition.
(lucre is a kind of money)

'see the attraction about' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'c' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'the attraction' becomes 'lure' (lure is a kind of attraction).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'c' going into 'lure' is 'LUCRE'.

(Other definitions for lucre that I've seen before include "Possession of the rich" , "financial gain" , "Criminal gains maybe" , "Archaic wealth, may be filthy" , "(Dishonourably gained) money (poetic, literary)" .)

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