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About half of score in many cases (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

often

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'in many cases' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'about half of score' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 'of'.
'half of score' becomes 'ten' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'of'+'ten'='OFTEN'

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(Other definitions for often that I've seen before include "More than occasionally" , "Perhaps daily" , "Turn away" , "Frequent" , "Frequently, at short intervals" .)

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