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Tense over tethering stray (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retighten

'tense over' is the definition.
(tense or tighten again)

'tethering stray' is the wordplay.
'stray' indicates an anagram.
'tethering' is an anagram of 'RETIGHTEN'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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