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Time to dine on mince (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noontide

'time' is the definition.
(noontide is a kind of time)

'to dine on mince' is the wordplay.
'mince' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'dine'+'on'='todineon'
'todineon' with letters rearranged gives 'NOONTIDE'.

(Other definitions for noontide that I've seen before include "12" , "lunchtime? Certainly" , "Time" , "Midday" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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