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Daily, say, sent back fee (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charge

'fee' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'daily say sent back' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'char' (I've seen this before).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'sent back' is a reversal indicator.
'eg' in reverse letter order is 'ge'.
'char'+'ge'='CHARGE'

(Other definitions for charge that I've seen before include "The price asked for goods or services" , "responsibility" , "Price asked; fill" , "Impose fee on" , "How much" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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