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Victor pursues money, being an earner (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breadwinner

'an earner' is the definition.
(breadwinner is a kind of earner)

'victor pursues money' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'winner' (synonyms).
'pursues' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money' becomes 'bread' (bread is slang for money).
'winner' put after 'bread' is 'BREADWINNER'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for breadwinner that I've seen before include "worker" , "Family's main earner" , "Main earner of the family" , "Family's financial supporter" , "Main wage earner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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