A Gershwin (3 letters)

{ Answer }

IRA

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Writer Levin
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Money for an A.A.R.P. member
Retiree's nest egg
Retirement-plan letters
Savings for the elderly: Abbr.
Sen. Roth created one
Certain savings plan, for short
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Provision for old age, in brief
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Part of a certain nest egg, briefly

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{ Notes }

The answer IRA is very common and appears about once every 29.6 puzzles.

{ Definition }

IRA as a noun:

1. (Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos) = a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland

2. (individual retirement account, IRA) = a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred

3. (wrath, anger, ire, ira) = belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)