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Imbalance of my tyres man briefly realigned (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asymmetry

'imbalance' is the definition.
('asymmetry' can be a synonym of 'imbalance')

'my tyres man briefly realigned' is the wordplay.
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'realigned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'my'+'tyres'+'man'='mytyresman'
'mytyresman' with its final letter taken off is 'mytyresma'.
'mytyresma' is an anagram of 'ASYMMETRY'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for asymmetry that I've seen before include "Lack of similarity between two parts or halves" , "with different faces" , "Irregularity" , "displays a lack of regularity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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