Monkey scratching bottom sees rook (4)

Independent Cryptic #10927 | 6 Down | 2021-10-20
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

SCAM [p] (monkey = slang for a naughty child), with the end letter (bottom, in a down clue) removed (scratched). Rook, as a verb = scam = to swindle.

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