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Mistakes made by brats wasting time (6)

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I believe the answer is:

errors

'mistakes' is the definition.
('error' can be a synonym of 'mistake')

'brats wasting time' is the wordplay.
'brats' becomes 'terrors' ('terror' can be a synonym of 'brat').
'wasting' suggests deleting specific letters.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'terrors' with 't' removed is 'ERRORS'.

'made by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for errors that I've seen before include "Mistakes, blunders" , "The Comedy of - (WS)" , "Fallacies, mistakes" , "Subject of Shakespearean 6" , "Mistakes and omissions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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