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Confirm a time to be on trial (6)

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I believe the answer is:

attest

'confirm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a time to be on trial' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'to be on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'trial' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'a'+'t'+'test'='ATTEST'

(Other definitions for attest that I've seen before include "Confirm to be true" , "Declare (that something is the case)" , "Give evidence in a court of law" , "Affirm by oath" , "Offer evidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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