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Old
French
tax
in
force
–
tire
of
it
regularly
(6)
Old French tax in force – tire of it regularly (6)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is Old French tax — an octroi being a duty on goods coming into a town. For the wordplay, take every other letter from force tire of it (the even-positioned ones), and out come the letters O-C-T-R-O-I.