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All tire badly, to be exact (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

literal

'be exact' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'all tire badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'all'+'tire'='alltire'
'alltire' anagrammed gives 'LITERAL'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for literal that I've seen before include "Textual error" , "Verbatim - true" , "Lacking imagination; misprint" , "A tiller (anag.)" , "Actual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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