Consider composer almost penning 'Time after Time' (10)
I believe the answer is:
deliberate
'consider' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'composer almost penning time after time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 'era' (era is a kind of time) and 'era' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deliberate that I've seen before include "Consider carefully" , "on purpose" , "Intentional; think carefully" , "Well considered" , "Purposeful" .)