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Part of a watch that cannot be new (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secondhand

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'part of a watch that cannot be new' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'part' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'hand' (hand is a kind of part) and 'hand' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'second' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for secondhand that I've seen before include "feature on a watch" , "Used" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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