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Refer back to Carter after a review (8)

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I believe the answer is:

retroact

'refer back' is the definition.

'to carter after a review' is the wordplay.
'after a review' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'carter'='tocarter'
'tocarter' is an anagram of 'RETROACT'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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