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Time for contraception? Strip (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pillage

'strip' is the definition.
('pillage' can be a synonym of 'strip')

'time for contraception?' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'contraception?' becomes 'pill' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'age' put after 'pill' is 'PILLAGE'.

(Other definitions for pillage that I've seen before include "Rob with violence" , "Plunder, sack" , "Violent stealing" , "Loot" , "Sacking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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