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Credit petrol company over bioenergy reserve fund — ultimately, it's inward-looking (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cross-eyed

'inward-looking' is the definition.
(with eyes looking towards each other)

'credit petrol company over bioenergy reserve fund ultimately' is the wordplay.
'credit' becomes 'cr'.
'petrol company' becomes 'Esso' (Esso is a petrol company).
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The last letters of 'bioenergy reserve fund' are 'yed'.
'esso' in reverse letter order is 'osse'.
'cr'+'osse'+'yed'='CROSS-EYED'

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cross-eyed that I've seen before include "With a squint" , "Squinting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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