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Do return on time in charge of teeth (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odontic

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'teeth' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'do return on time in charge' is the wordplay.
'return' says the letters should be written backwards.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'do' back-to-front is 'od'.
'od'+'on'+'t'+'ic'='ODONTIC'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for odontic that I've seen is " Dental; of, or to do with, teeth".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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