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Care about time on some land (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acreage

'some land' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'care about time on' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'care' with letters rearranged gives 'crea'.
'crea' inserted into 'age' is 'ACREAGE'.

(Other definitions for acreage that I've seen before include "Measure of land" , "Measure used by farmer" , "Extent of ground" , "expanse" , "Amount of land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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