Sometime in the past (4)

I believe the answer is:

once

(Other definitions for once that I've seen before include "A single time" , "Long ago" , "in days of yore?" , "Formerly; as soon as" , "yesterday" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal.

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