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Swan around with Parisian in boring Med resort, making money once (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ninepence

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'swan around with parisian in boring med resort making money once' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'swan around with parisian in boring med resort making money once' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'swan' could be 'pen' (pen is a kind of swan) and 'pen' is located in the answer.
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is found in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
'once' could be 'nee' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'nee' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ninepence that I've seen before include "amount of old money" , "Using old money, had one over the eight" , "in a right old state" , "Three-quarters of a shilling" .)

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