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Kid turned up after school as arranged (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scheduled

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

'kid turned up after school' is the wordplay.
'kid' becomes 'delude' (I've seen this before).
'turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'school' becomes 'sch' (abbreviation).
'delude' backwards is 'eduled'.
'eduled' after 'sch' is 'SCHEDULED'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scheduled that I've seen before include "Arranged, planned" , "Planned to occur" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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