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Time to copy recording (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tape

'recording' is the definition.
(I know that tape is a type of recording)

'time to copy' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to copy' becomes 'ape' (ape can mean to copy or imitate).
't'+'ape'='TAPE'

(Other definitions for tape that I've seen before include "Breast this first to win a race" , "Sticky strip" , "Bind" , "This is often stretched across the finishing line of race" , "Strip, magnetic, video, etc." .)

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