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Time man to leave hopeless old magazine (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the strand

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'hopeless old magazine' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'time man to leave' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'to leave' becomes 'strand' ().
't'+'he'+'strand'='THE STRAND'

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(Another definition for the strand that I've seen is " London street (familiar to many here)".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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