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Spell it out to me (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

time

'spell' is the definition.
(spell can mean a period of time)

'it out to me' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'it' is an anagram of 'ti'.
'ti'+'me'='TIME'

(Other definitions for time that I've seen before include "'Every ... we say goodbye, I cry a little' /Cole Porter" , "Prison sentence (colloq.)" , "Its detonation is delayed" , "The fourth dimension?" , "Rhythm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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