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Period piece used to correct your text (12)

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I believe the answer is:

spellchecker

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'to correct your text' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'period piece' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'spell' (spell can mean a period of time).
'piece' becomes 'checker' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'spell'+'checker'='SPELLCHECKER'

'used' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for spellchecker that I've seen before include "Might one be confused by form from" , "Computer device which scrutinises text" , "Means of spotting misprints" , "Dumbledore, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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