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Couldn't afford right move on time in Dundee ground (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underbudgeted

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'couldn't' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'afford right move on time in dundee ground' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'move' could be 'budge' (to budge is to move slightly) and 'budge' is present in the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'dundee' is 'undeed' which is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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