The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RETREAD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RETREAD
- Consult text again about temperature for remoulded tyre
- About time to study alternative to spare tyre?
- Priest regularly scrutinised renovated car part
- Tyre on, classic surrounds fine in the end
- Half-heartedly withdraw commercial for tyre
- Motorist’s cheap alternative engineers rated “bad”
- Rough tarred surface ultimately gives better grip
- Alsatian to be handled by militant plod again
- Learn about alien king, one with new depth?
- Maigret readership includes one brought out of retirement
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The straight part
We know that "Tyre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tyre = retread.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RETREAD mean?
RETREAD noun- A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
- A person who re-entered military service in World War Two after serving in World War One.
- To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
- To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheap, and possibly dangerous, product.
- (sometimes figurative) A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.
- To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.