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Fair charge ultimately included in cost for part-time staff? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

temperate

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'fair charge ultimately included' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'cost for part-time staff?' is the wordplay.
'cost' becomes 'rate' (rate is a kind of cost).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'part time staff?' becomes 'tempe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rate' put after 'tempe' is 'TEMPERATE'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for temperate that I've seen before include "even" , "with balmy climate" , "With mild climate" , "Abstemious" , "benign" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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