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Checks run by a famous scientist discarding tellurium (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reins in

'checks' is the definition.
(check can mean to control or rein in)

'run by a famous scientist discarding tellurium' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a famous scientist' becomes 'einstein' (I've seen this before).
'discarding' is a deletion indicator.
'tellurium' becomes 'Te' (Te is the chemical symbol for tellurium).
'einstein' with 'te' taken away is 'einsin'.
'r'+'einsin'='REINS IN'

(Another definition for reins in that I've seen is " Checks".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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