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Traveller's need boy mishandled — nothing is perfect (7-3)

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I believe the answer is:

tickety-boo

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'perfect' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'traveller's need boy mishandled nothing' is the wordplay.
'traveller's need' becomes 'ticket' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mishandled' is an anagram indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'boy' is an anagram of 'ybo'.
'ticket'+'ybo'+'o'='TICKETY-BOO'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for tickety-boo that I've seen is " Fine".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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