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Fitting fresh cover for metal bearings (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pertinent

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'fitting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fresh cover for metal bearings' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'fresh' could be 'pert' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pert' is present in the answer.
'metal' could be 'in' (In is an example) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for pertinent that I've seen before include "fitting" , "Relevant, to the point" , "Apposite" , "Relevent, material" , "Appropriate" .)

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