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Draw a stretch of land? About time (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attract

'draw' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a stretch of land? about time' is the wordplay.
'stretch of land?' becomes 'tract' (I've seen this before).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'tract' put after 't' is 'ttract'.
'a'+'ttract'='ATTRACT'

(Other definitions for attract that I've seen before include "Draw towards like a magnet" , "Bring in" , "Draw to oneself" , "to be appealing" , "Allure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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