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Relationship formed by medium putting time in for daughter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ratio

'relationship' is the definition.
(relationship between two numbers)

'by medium putting time in for daughter' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rio' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'formed' is the link.

(Other definitions for ratio that I've seen before include "Comparative measure" , "Proporation, quantitative relation" , "Expression of relationship" , "E.g. sin i" , "Relationship between two amounts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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