Time trial is hit: so copied exactly? (9)
I believe the answer is:
literatim
'exactly?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'time trial is hit' is the wordplay.
'is hit' indicates anagramming the letters.
'time'+'trial'='timetrial'
'timetrial' anagrammed gives 'LITERATIM'.
'so copied' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for literatim that I've seen before include "showing no change of character" , "one letter at a time" .)