He turns up in tie, late (6)
I believe the answer is:
behind
'late' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'he turns up in tie' is the wordplay.
'turns up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'tie' becomes 'bind' ('bind' can be a synonym of 'tie').
'he' in reverse letter order is 'eh'.
'eh' put into 'bind' is 'BEHIND'.
(Other definitions for behind that I've seen before include "Taking place in secret" , "Serving time" , "Posterior, derriere" , "Following - late" , "Seat" .)