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Gas ring, note, for repair (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nitrogen

'gas' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ring note for repair' is the wordplay.
'for repair' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'ring'+'note'='ringnote'
'ringnote' anagrammed gives 'NITROGEN'.

(Other definitions for nitrogen that I've seen before include "It forms about four-fifths of atmosphere" , "It's a gas, the strange ringtone" , "Gas forming about four fifths of the atmosphere" , "chemists have fixation with?" , "creates much atmosphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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