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At work, no spare time to take off (11)

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I believe the answer is:

impersonate

'take off' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'at work no spare time' is the wordplay.
'at work' indicates an anagram.
'no'+'spare'+'time'='nosparetime'
'nosparetime' is an anagram of 'IMPERSONATE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for impersonate that I've seen before include "Pretend to be (another person)" , "Assume the characteristics of another" , "Assume character of another - no spare time (anag)" , "Pinch identity of" , "Take off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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