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Newspaper facing doom for a limited period (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

time slot

'a limited period' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'newspaper facing doom' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'times' (The Times is an example).
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'doom' becomes 'lot' (both can mean someone's fate or destiny).
'times'+'lot'='TIME SLOT'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for time slot that I've seen before include "Specified interval" , "It can be scheduled" , "Schedule period allocated to programme" , "limited period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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