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In time, traitor will make mistakes (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

errata

'mistakes' is the definition.
(an erratum is a mistake in a printed work)

'in time traitor' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 'era' (an era is a period of time).
'traitor' becomes 'rat' (rat can mean a treacherous person).
'era' placed around 'rat' is 'ERRATA'.

'will make' is the link.

(Other definitions for errata that I've seen before include "Mistakes in printing or writing" , "Boobs in a book" , "Corrigenda" , "List of printed mistakes" , "corrected mistakes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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