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Second time for drive in Trudeau's land: it's a pastime (7)

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I believe the answer is:

canasta

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'pastime' is the definition.
(game)

'second time for drive in trudeau's land it's a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'second' could be 's' (common abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for canasta that I've seen before include "Card game at a scan" , "this needs two packs" , "Two-pack card game" , "Card game of the rummy family" , "series of hands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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