Confirm fuel returned after five and before end of day (6)

Independent Cryptic #11653 | 7 Down | 2024-02-15
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Confirm fuel returned after five and before end of day V (=five, in Roman numerals) + ERIF (FIRE=fuel, intensify, e.g. a debate; “returned” indicates reversal) + <da> Y (“end of” means last letter only)

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