Clue: See money before crooks (8)
Answer: PREBENDS
Explanation: Definition: See money
PRE BENDS. Prebend is "the share of the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church allowed to a clergyman who officiates in it at specified times", hence money for a See. I didn't know this, but did know the derived Prebendary, from Prebendary A F Ritchie, aka Afrit