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Assassin's period in schedule brought up (10)

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I believe the answer is:

terminator

'assassin's' is the definition.
(terminate can mean to kill or assassinate)

'period in schedule brought up' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'term' (term is a kind of period).
'schedule' becomes 'rota' (I've seen this before).
'brought up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'rota' backwards is 'ator'.
'term'+'in'+'ator'='TERMINATOR'

(Another definition for terminator that I've seen is " satellite line".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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