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Mistakes made by a deserter in time (6)

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I believe the answer is:

errata

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

'a deserter in time' is the wordplay.
'a deserter' becomes 'rat' (both can mean a traitor).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 'era' (an era is a period of time).
'rat' put into 'era' is 'ERRATA'.

'made by' is the link.

(Other definitions for errata that I've seen before include "Mistakes in printed material" , "List of printed mistakes" , "Printing corrections" , "Misprints in a book" , "Boobs in a book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and the Evening Standard.
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