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Delayed, so returned to one's starting position (7)

Ross

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putback

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'delayed' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'returned to one's starting position' is the wordplay.
'returned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to one's starting' becomes 'tup' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'position' becomes 'back' (back is a kind of position).
'tup' backwards is 'put'.
'put'+'back'='PUTBACK'

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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