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Retro company regularly built in circular windows (5)

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I believe the answer is:

oculi

'circular windows' is the definition.
(an oculus is a round window)

'retro company regularly built in' is the wordplay.
'retro' is a reversal indicator (retro is Latin for 'backwards').
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'built'+'in'='builtin'
The alternate letters of 'builtin' are 'uli'.
'co' in reverse letter order is 'oc'.
'oc'+'uli'='OCULI'

(Other definitions for oculi that I've seen before include "Eyes; eye-like opening in architecture, like a round window" , "Circular windows" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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