Play charades around neat set in the interval

I believe the answer is:

mean time

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(Other definitions for mean time that I've seen before include "In the intervening period, while we're waiting" , "it may be Greenwich" , "For the moment" , "Concurrently; interim" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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