Red tape turnabout was reduced towards the end (7)
I believe the answer is:
tapered
'towards the end' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'red tape turnabout was reduced' is the wordplay.
'red tape' can be anagrammed to 'TAPERED'.
But, I'm not sure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tapered that I've seen before include "Getting smaller towards the end" , "Narrowing to a point" , "Becoming narrower towards one end" , "Narrowed to a point" , "Coming to a point" .)