Ft 14,484

[Farrwest]

16a (7) Dog for hire unlike these pieces (7) ?U?R?N?
Theme of xword is coins especially when using the word 'pieces'
Looks like current but why??

[kettledrum]

Cur rent

[FRAX]

Could be "cur rent"

[dannyk13]

dog=cur
hire=rent

[kettledrum]

Sorry! I didn't read full question

[Farrwest]

Thanks all. I understand cur rent but why is current 'unlike these pieces' ?

[dannyk13]

Any connection to the word eight in the grid?

[kettledrum]

Are all the other 'pieces' / coins old / obsolete?

[Farrwest]

Thanks dannyk13. No reference to eight but kettledrum has spotted it. In all the other clues containing the word pieces the word is prefixed with '0ld'
which makes some sort of sense! Thank you kettledrum

[kettledrum]

Thanks Farrwest. Not having the crossword, it was a bit of a lucky guess.