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Dearest reeling in the years on Tuesday? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yesterday

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'tuesday?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'dearest reeling in the years' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'dearest' is 'esterda' which is located in the answer.
'years' could be 'y' (abbreviation) and 'y' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'on' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for yesterday that I've seen before include "back then" , "of most recent history" , "24-hours ago" , "'' ......... all my troubles seemed so far away'' (song)" , "Twenty-four hours ago" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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