The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EURO
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More clues leading to the result EURO
- Kangaroo or rhino on the Continent
- Regret backing old currency
- Told office to exclude British — for their neighbours’ funding?
- Going up old street in France for currency
- Twisting old street in Paris — and what one needs to buy there
- Ring road in Belgium, around its capital
- Hard cash reguerdon paid out on a regular basis
- Neurotic hides cash
- Poor duke regularly does turn for money
- Australian native seen regularly in emu brood
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The straight part
We know that "Hard cash" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hard cash = euro.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does EURO mean?
EURO noun- Person living or originating from Europe
- Person who resides within the European Union
- The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- A coin with a face value of 1 euro.
- Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).