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Delete Times and Express, firstly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erase

'delete' is the definition.
(I know that delete can be written as erase)

'times and express firstly' is the wordplay.
'times' becomes 'eras' (era is a kind of time).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'firstly' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'express' is 'e'.
'eras'+'e'='ERASE'

(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "Scratch" , "Do away with" , "Remove all traces of" , "Remove permanently" , "Remove, wipe out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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