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Looking back over Crete's tip, perhaps (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retrospective

'looking back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'over crete's tip perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'over'+'cretes'+'tip'='overcretestip'
'overcretestip' with letters rearranged gives 'RETROSPECTIVE'.

(Other definitions for retrospective that I've seen before include "Looking backwards" , "Looking back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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