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Late, recent changes for the bull, say? (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

dead centre

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'changes for the bull say?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'late recent' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'late' could be 'dead' (similar in meaning) and 'dead' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'recent' is 'centre' which is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dead centre that I've seen before include "bullseye" , "Right in the middle" , "cemetery?" , "Smack in the middle" , "heart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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