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Cable going around winter tyre (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wire

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'cable' is the definition.
('wire' can be a synonym of 'cable')

'going around winter tyre' is the wordplay.
'going' becomes 'drawing' (drawing is a kind of going).
'around' says to take the centre.
'winter tyre' becomes 'ire' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle letter of 'drawing' is 'w'.
'w'+'ire'='WIRE'

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(Other definitions for wire that I've seen before include "Telegram about the fencing material" , "Cable" , "Hand signal; breaker" , "Thin drawn metal" , "Metal fastener" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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