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Irritable way to engrave in tidy limits (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tetchy

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'irritable' is the definition.
(I know that irritable can be written as tetchy)

'engrave in tidy limits' is the wordplay.
'engrave' becomes 'etch' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'limits' suggests removing the centre.
'tidy' with its middle taken out is 'ty'.
'etch' inserted into 'ty' is 'TETCHY'.

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(Other definitions for tetchy that I've seen before include "Touchy" , "Irritable, cross" , "Cantankerous" , "Ratty" , "Easily provoked" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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