Blokes shortly get Scrooge half-cut with Bob (7)

Independent Cryptic #11743 | 20 Down | 2024-05-30
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

GE T excluding the final letter (shortly) T + EZER ( the last four letters of eight [half-cut] of EBEN EZER [Scrooge]) + S (shilling; known informally as a bob)

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