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A long time and varied things to be done (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agenda

'things to be done' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a long time and varied' is the wordplay.
'a long time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'varied' indicates an anagram.
'and' is an anagram of 'nda'.
'age'+'nda'='AGENDA'

(Other definitions for agenda that I've seen before include "matters for discussion" , "Meeting's topics" , "List of things to be done or discussed" , "plan of things to be done" , "Table of business" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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