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Supposed average time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meant

'supposed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'average time' is the wordplay.
'average' becomes 'mean' (type of average).
'time' becomes 't'.
'mean'+'t'='MEANT'

(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "Signified" , "planned" , "Intentional" , "proposed" , "intimated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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