The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word QUID
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result QUID
- Britain’s ready for something to chew on
- What of Roman Britain’s capital?
- Money flowing out of London indexes at first
- Question papers ready?
- British currency – one old penny with Queen on
- Pound mollusc, removing head
- Tobacco for pound
- Small amount of dough, something to chew on
- Alsatian who is kept by day in pound
- Smacker that may leave mouth discoloured
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The straight part
We know that "Pound" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pound = quid.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 QUID mean?
QUID noun- The inherent nature of something.
- A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).
- A sovereign or guinea.
- Pound sterling.
- Pound (before the 1966 currency change)
- Pound, punt
- Euro
- A piece of chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing such tobacco
- To chew tobacco
- (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing