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Synchronised as drummers hope to be? (2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

in time

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'synchronised' is the definition.
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'as drummers hope to be?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'time' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for in time that I've seen before include "Early enough" , "What musicians aim to be" , "eventually" , "Later perhaps" , "on schedule" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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