The money cousins lose us (5)
I believe the answer is:
coins
'the money' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cousins lose us' is the wordplay.
'lose' is a deletion indicator.
'cousins' with 'us' removed is 'COINS'.
(Other definitions for coins that I've seen before include "Metal money" , "change" .)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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