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About time! Right price finally on bill for reconditioned tyre (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retread

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'reconditioned tyre' is the definition.
'retread' can be an answer for 'tyre' (retread is a kind of tyre). I am unsure of the 'reconditioned' bit.

'about time right price finally on bill' is the wordplay.
'about time' becomes 'ret' (I've seen this in other clues).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bill' becomes 'ad' (advertisement stuck on wall).
The last letter of 'price' is 'e'.
'ret'+'r'+'e'+'ad'='RETREAD'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for retread that I've seen before include "film much the same as the one before" , "modified tyre" , "Go back over (one's route) - mend(ed) tyre" , "tyre that was worn" , "Second-hand tyre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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