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Record year with help having been set up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diary

'record' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'year with help having been set up' is the wordplay.
'year' becomes 'yr' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'having been set up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'yr'+'aid'='yraid'
'yraid' in reverse letter order is 'DIARY'.

(Other definitions for diary that I've seen before include "personal account" , "Pepys' daily record" , "Daily record of personal activity" , "Personal record book" , "Appointment book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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