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Its mate goes off occasionally (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at times

'occasionally' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'its mate goes off' is the wordplay.
'goes off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'its'+'mate'='itsmate'
'itsmate' anagrammed gives 'AT TIMES'.

(Other definitions for at times that I've seen before include "employed by paper?" , "Occasionally" , "on some occasions" , "In the office" , "Where some journalists work" .)

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