In while selling up: one has to leave (5)
I believe the answer is:
later
'in' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for later that I've seen before include "More recent" , "Eventually" , "Following" , "Not just yet" , "Alter (anag.)" .)