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Thought to be mistimed and had the date changed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

meditated

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'thought' is the definition.
(meditating is a kind of thinking)

'mistimed and had the date changed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'had' could be 'ate' (e.g. I had an ice cream) and 'ate' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'date' could be 'd' (abbreviation e.g. dob - date of birth) and 'd' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for meditated that I've seen before include "pondered" , "Engaged in spiritual contemplation" , "thought" , "Engaged in religious contemplation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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