Ryan Mason was this sort of caretaker manager at Spurs (7)

I believe the answer is:

interim

(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include ", I'm put in grave situation initially" , "An intervening period of time" , "Caretaker" , "temporary period" , "acting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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