Do it differently while keeping time in the same way (5)
I believe the answer is:
ditto
'the same way' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'do it differently while keeping time in' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'differently' indicates an anagram.
'while keeping' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'i'+'t'='it'
'do'+'t'='dot'
'dot' with letters rearranged gives 'dto'.
'dto' going around 'it' is 'DITTO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ditto that I've seen before include "Repeat the word above" , "couple of marks" , "In lists, the same again with two small marks" , "Two dots indicating the same again" , "Dot it for the same again" .)