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Bond villain's rent included in retrograde old type of payment (6,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doctor no

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'retrograde old type of payment' is the definition.
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'bond villain's rent included' is the wordplay.
'bond villain's' becomes 'doco' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rent' becomes 'torn' (synonyms).
'included' indicates putting letters inside.
'doco' enclosing 'torn' is 'DOCTOR NO'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for doctor no that I've seen before include "Cautious" , "film" , "James Bond villain" , "James Bond novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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