Cryptic crossword clue
Savings from one’s income missing ‘Northern’ mess-up 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ECONOMIES

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does ECONOMIES mean?

ECONOMIES noun
  1. Effective management of a community or system, or especially its resources.
  2. The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
  3. Frugal use of resources.
  4. The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
  5. The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)
  6. The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
  7. Management of one’s residency.

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