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Time to tear into fashion (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trend

'fashion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'time to tear' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to tear' becomes 'rend' (rending is a kind of tearing).
't'+'rend'='TREND'

'into' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for trend that I've seen before include "Become popular on social media" , "Drift; vogue" , "swing" , "Prevailing direction" , "Leaning; fashion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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