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End period in a half-erected tent (9)

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I believe the answer is:

terminate

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'end' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'period in a half-erected tent' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'term' (term is a kind of period).
'a half' indicates taking half.
'erected tent' becomes 'nate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' with half the letters taken is 'i'.
'term'+'i'+'nate'='TERMINATE'

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(Other definitions for terminate that I've seen before include "Put an end to, discontinue" , "Stop" , "Close" , "Conclude" , "Bring to an end" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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