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No longer time: I state it’s the end (13)

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I believe the answer is:

extermination

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'the end' is the definition.
(to exterminate is to kill completely)

'no longer time i state' is the wordplay.
'no longer' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'time i' becomes 'termi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'state' becomes 'nation' (both can mean a country).
'ex'+'termi'+'nation'='EXTERMINATION'

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for extermination that I've seen before include "Eradication" , "genocide" , "Abolishment" , "Execution" , "Killing of a whole group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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