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Person with record time's over 90 (2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ex-con

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'person with record' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'time's over 90' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'eon' (eon is a kind of time).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'90' becomes 'xc' (Roman numerals).
'eon' going around 'xc' is 'EX-CON'.

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(Other definitions for ex-con that I've seen before include "Former jailbird" , "One now free" , "Old lag" , "She used to serve porridge" , "Former prisoner, in short" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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