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Being a character, I had to get into the battle! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

friday

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'being a character i had to get into the battle' is the definition.
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'i had to get into the battle' is the wordplay.
'i had' becomes 'i'd' (contraction).
'to get into' is an insertion indicator.
'the battle' becomes 'fray' (fray is a kind of battle).
'id' going inside 'fray' is 'FRIDAY'.

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(Other definitions for friday that I've seen before include "Crusoe's Man (Defoe)" , "Weekend start?" , "one of Chesterton's, so-called" , "faithful companion" , "late in the week" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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