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Property of a verb establishing the relative time of events (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tense

(Other definitions for tense that I've seen before include "under stress?" , "It may be perfect" , "Drawn" , "quite possibly perfect" , "Subject to strain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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