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Mark time as former German statesman (6)

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I believe the answer is:

brandt

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

'mark time as former' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'mark' could be 'brand' (branding is a kind of marking) and 'brand' is found within the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for brandt that I've seen before include "former statesman" , "German statesman" , "West German Chancellor, 1969-74" , "German politician" , "Former chancellor of West Germany" .)

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