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Say the time is no better than usual (7)

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average

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'usual' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'say the time' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'aver' (synonyms).
'the time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'aver'+'age'='AVERAGE'

'is no better than' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "It may be mean" , "Moderate" , "Medial" , "Usual - mediocre - mean" , "Mean - medium" .)

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