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Season -- time enough possibly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toughen

'season' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'time enough possibly' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'enough' with letters rearranged gives 'oughen'.
't'+'oughen'='TOUGHEN'

(Other definitions for toughen that I've seen before include "Strengthen, season" , "Make strong and durable" , "Make harder" , "Make stronger and hardier" , "Harden, strengthen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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