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Note nine mull about for a long time (10)

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I believe the answer is:

millennium

'a long time' is the definition.
(a millennium is a thousand years)

'note nine mull about' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'mi' (as in 'do re mi').
'about' indicates an anagram.
'nine'+'mull'='ninemull'
'ninemull' anagrammed gives 'llennium'.
'mi'+'llennium'='MILLENNIUM'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for millennium that I've seen before include "1,000 years" , "Period of one thousand years" , "age" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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