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Do not, at any time remove five from this! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

neer

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'this' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'do not at any time remove five' is the wordplay.
'do not' becomes 'n' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at any time' becomes 'ever' ('have you ever...' means 'have you at any time...').
'remove' is a deletion indicator.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'ever' with 'v' taken away is 'eer'.
'n'+'eer'='NEER'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for neer that I've seen before include "On no occasion" , "Of course not" , "At no time (poetic)" , "At no time (literary)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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