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Time on island in March with good reason (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rationally

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'time on island in march with good reason' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'time on island in march' is the wordplay.
'time on' becomes 't' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'island' becomes 'iona' (Scottish island).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'march' becomes 'rally' (I've seen this before).
't'+'iona'='tiona'
'tiona' put within 'rally' is 'RATIONALLY'.

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(Other definitions for rationally that I've seen before include "in a way that's sensible" , "in sensible fashion" , "By logical means" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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