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Do away with time and play at dice (9)

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I believe the answer is:

eradicate

'do away with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'time and play at dice' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'era' (an era is a period of time).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'play' is an anagram indicator.
'at'+'dice'='atdice'
'atdice' is an anagram of 'dicate'.
'era'+'dicate'='ERADICATE'

(Other definitions for eradicate that I've seen before include "Stamp out, remove all traces of" , "scratch" , "Dispose of" , "Get rid of, eliminate entirely" , "Excise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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