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Ponder time out making a recovery (10)

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I believe the answer is:

redemption

'a recovery' is the definition.
(redemption is a kind of recovery)

'ponder time out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'ponder'+'time'='pondertime'
'pondertime' is an anagram of 'REDEMPTION'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for redemption that I've seen before include "Act of saving from evil" , "Salvation, deliverance" , "Action of saving from evil" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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