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Check viscous fluid including tar, possibly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

restrain

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'check' is the definition.
(I know that check is a more specific form of the action restrain)

'viscous fluid including tar possibly' is the wordplay.
'viscous fluid' becomes 'resin' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tar' is an anagram of 'tra'.
'resin' enclosing 'tra' is 'RESTRAIN'.

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(Other definitions for restrain that I've seen before include "Keep back" , "use handcuffs?" , "bar" , "Control - check" , "Manacle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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