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Tin up the price for the chemical (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nitrate

'the chemical' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tin up the price' is the wordplay.
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'the price' becomes 'rate' (I've seen this before).
'tin' written backwards gives 'nit'.
'nit'+'rate'='NITRATE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for nitrate that I've seen before include "following 28 [SILVER]" , "Fertilizer" , "salt" , "Tear tin up for fertiliser" , "Natural or synthetic fertiliser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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