Popular range, first seen in another time (5)
I believe the answer is:
again
'another time' is the definition.
('again' can be a synonym of 'another time')
'popular range first seen' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'range' becomes 'aga' (I've seen this before**).
'first seen' says to put letters next to each other.
'in' put after 'aga' is 'AGAIN'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for again that I've seen before include "return" , "Moreover - a second time" , "On the other hand" , "One more time, encore" , "Anew" .)