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Plainly apparent in extra time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overt

'plainly apparent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'extra time' is the wordplay.
'extra' becomes 'over'.
'time' becomes 't'.
'over'+'t'='OVERT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for overt that I've seen before include "Open, not 1 across" , "Open and obvious" , "Conspicuous" , "Plain to see - manifest" , "Plainly apparent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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