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Keep your thanks in check (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retain

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'keep' is the definition.
(I know that keep can be written as retain)

'thanks in check' is the wordplay.
'thanks' becomes 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'check' becomes 'rein' (both can mean to control or limit).
'ta' inserted into 'rein' is 'RETAIN'.

'your' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for retain that I've seen before include "Save" , "Keep in Tirane" , "Hold onto" , "Continue to hold on to" , "Keep; remember" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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