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Expert commercial for retro gym calls time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adept

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'expert' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'commercial for retro gym calls time' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'retro' is a reversal indicator (retro is Latin for 'backwards').
'gym' becomes 'pe' (short for Physical Education).
'calls time' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pe' reversed gives 'ep'.
'ad'+'ep'+'t'='ADEPT'

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(Other definitions for adept that I've seen before include "Deacon" , "Practised" , "Showing skill or aptitude" , "Very skilled person" , "Master" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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