The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word WALL STREET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WALL STREET
- Way in which you might make money abroad
- Film everyone in wide thoroughfare
- Source of ice cream – indulgence, they say – somewhere in NYC
- Finance centre‘s rule about disposal of letters
- Film with everyone stumped about plane?
- Wastrel let loose in financial centre
- The way in which American financial interests operate
- Elstree unoriginally invested in Disney movie of 1987
- Letters sent out after backing of rule in place of financial dealings
- Everyone in wide thoroughfare in financial centre
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The straight part
We know that "The way in which American financial interests operate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the way in which american financial interests operate = wall street.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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