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Currency
is
part
I
contributed
to
swindle
(7)
Currency is part I contributed to swindle (7)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
See Currency sitting there — that's your definition, pointing to the digital money. Start with BIT for "a part", then take CON, meaning swindle, and drop the I into the middle of it (that's "I contributed to swindle"), which turns it into COIN. Stick BIT onto COIN and you're there.