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Having put time into minor role, becomes woke (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

came to

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'minor role becomes woke' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'having put time into' is the wordplay.
'having put' becomes 'cameo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'cameo' going around 't' is 'CAME TO'.

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(Other definitions for came to that I've seen before include "In the main, stopped" , "Reached" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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