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Right about time to be worldly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mortal

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'be worldly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'right about time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'right' could be 'rt' (abbreviation as in Rt Hon- the Right Honourable) and 'rt' is present in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mol' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mortal that I've seen before include "Certain to die" , "Human being, subject to death" , "liable to die" , "Liable to cause death" , "Human - transitory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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