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Spread for which I’d turned up behind schedule (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dilate

'spread' is the definition.
(both can mean to expand)

'i'd turned up behind schedule' is the wordplay.
'turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'behind schedule' becomes 'late' (I've seen this before).
'id' in reverse letter order is 'di'.
'di'+'late'='DILATE'

'for which' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dilate that I've seen before include "Widen like eye pupils" , "Make wider or larger" , "Widen, distend" , "Widen, spread out" , "Enlarge or widen, like pupils perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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